republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-8479.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2023-2024	S 8479	New York S 8479 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Zellnor Myrie	2	16	4	2024-02-05	2024-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/e1a19b72-1145-41d2-b397-fe230d33bad2	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8479	4151a64235734f60f227a1379f44758c9dc86c1fb5fd0599289e24dbf4400a64	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. S8479A (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/e1a19b72-1145-41d2-b397-fe230d33bad2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).