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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 894: Authorizes a person to pass their guns to an immediate family member through their estate

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 894 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizes a person to pass their guns to an immediate family member through their estate. Primary sponsor: Ken Blankenbush (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

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.

Authorizes a person to pass their guns to an immediate family member through their estate.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 8 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ken BlankenbushPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Dave DiPietroCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse147
Steve HawleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse139
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Brian MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Chris TagueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102

“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. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

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