republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/s-1985.md

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Bill	Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding to reports of family violence	Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2025-2026	S 1985	New York S 1985 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Pete Harckham	2	20	4	2025-01-14	2025-10-16	openstates	ocd-bill/cd951d69-a1c5-423a-80c5-5476a103409d	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1985	9477487997ef16c4d63470afc20f4680cb78b87ebb2c68cf5ea224050f8ef3b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 1985 (2025-2026) — Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding to reports of family violence

Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.

Version chain

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

1. S1985 (committee substitute) — source
2. S1985A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 93–46 (pass) · lower
• Codes Vote — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 37–20 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 43–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pete Harckham — primary (person)
• Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2025-01-27 1ST REPORT CAL.182
• 2025-01-28 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2025-02-03 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2025-05-13 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2025-05-13 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2025-05-13 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2025-05-27 RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
• 2025-05-27 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2025-05-27 VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
• 2025-05-27 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1985A amendment-passage
• 2025-06-09 REPASSED SENATE passage
• 2025-06-09 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2025-06-09 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 SUBSTITUTED FOR A544B
• 2025-06-11 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.54
• 2025-06-11 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2025-06-11 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2025-10-09 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2025-10-16 SIGNED CHAP.466 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd951d69-a1c5-423a-80c5-5476a103409d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).