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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 198: Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 198 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns. Primary sponsor: Amy Paulin (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 23, 2026): ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.347.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns; requires the division of state police to maintain statewide records of individuals who have waived the right to purchase firearms, rifles, or shotguns and any revocations of such waivers.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Amy PaulinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Alex BoresCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.347
  2. REPORTED
  3. REFERRED TO CODES
  4. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  5. REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
  6. PRINT NUMBER 198A
  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  8. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source