republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-4970.md

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Bill	Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun and ammunition sales to individuals with a criminal record	Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to individuals with a criminal record; provides that such measures shall be promulgated by the superintendent of state police; restricts premises of sales; requires employee training; prohibits straw purchases; imposes additional license conditions; requires reporting on a seized or recovered gun to the criminal gun clearinghouse.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 4970	New York S 4970 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	KAVANAGH	2	15	3	2021-02-19	2022-06-06	openstates	ocd-bill/dea112f2-d0a7-4590-945f-ede46b68bbf4	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4970	400c14e000dfe291cc8766685fddff687ccc6be7e3bbe50c4b6fbfe52653928d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 4970 (2021-2022) — Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun and ammunition sales to individuals with a criminal record

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to individuals with a criminal record; provides that such measures shall be promulgated by the superintendent of state police; restricts premises of sales; requires employee training; prohibits straw purchases; imposes additional license conditions; requires reporting on a seized or recovered gun to the criminal gun clearinghouse.

Version chain

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

1. S4970 (committee substitute) — source
2. S4970A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 105–44 (pass) · lower
• Rules Vote - Version: A — 16–5 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 46–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KAVANAGH — primary (person)
• BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
• BROUK — cosponsor (person)
• GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
• KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
• KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
• LIU — cosponsor (person)
• SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 REFERRED TO FINANCE referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO FINANCE referral-committee
• 2022-05-30 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-05-30 PRINT NUMBER 4970A amendment-passage
• 2022-06-02 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2022-06-02 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1851
• 2022-06-02 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-06-02 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-06-02 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2022-06-02 SUBSTITUTED FOR A1023A
• 2022-06-02 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.517
• 2022-06-02 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-06-02 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2022-06-03 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-06-06 SIGNED CHAP.207 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dea112f2-d0a7-4590-945f-ede46b68bbf4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).