---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires payment card networks to use certain merchant category-codes for firearm dealers"
description: "Requires payment card networks to use certain merchant category-codes for firearm and ammunition dealers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8479"
citation: "New York S 8479 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zellnor Myrie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1a19b72-1145-41d2-b397-fe230d33bad2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8479"
source_hash: "4151a64235734f60f227a1379f44758c9dc86c1fb5fd0599289e24dbf4400a64"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 8479 (2023-2024) — Requires payment card networks to use certain merchant category-codes for firearm dealers

Requires payment card networks to use certain merchant category-codes for firearm and ammunition dealers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S8479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8479&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S8479A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8479A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **14–6** (pass) · upper
- Consumer Protection Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **45–16** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **90–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zellnor Myrie — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-05** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** PRINT NUMBER 8479A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-04** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1710
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9862A
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.506
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** SIGNED CHAP.430 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-09** APPROVAL MEMO.10

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1a19b72-1145-41d2-b397-fe230d33bad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).