---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention; repealer"
description: "Directs the commissioner of health to develop and implement a public awareness campaign on the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns and child access and prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 814"
citation: "New York A 814 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Benedetto"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63015b84-b9ec-44f5-a681-2862d7eef815"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A814"
source_hash: "1fb5428344169a64da9663e318ffbf27a6c41e8e4daccad485031a7f441bf67e"
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 A 814 (2025-2026) — Relates to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention; repealer

Directs the commissioner of health to develop and implement a public awareness campaign on the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns and child access and prevention.

## Version chain

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

1. **A814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A814&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **55–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Benedetto — primary (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** REPORTED
- **2025-01-22** RULES REPORT CAL.46
- **2025-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.46
- **2025-01-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-28** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S746
- **2025-02-03** 3RD READING CAL.21
- **2025-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63015b84-b9ec-44f5-a681-2862d7eef815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).