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type: "Bill"
title: "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"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4970"
citation: "New York S 4970 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea112f2-d0a7-4590-945f-ede46b68bbf4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4970"
source_hash: "400c14e000dfe291cc8766685fddff687ccc6be7e3bbe50c4b6fbfe52653928d"
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 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](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4970&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4970A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4970A)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dea112f2-d0a7-4590-945f-ede46b68bbf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).