New York A 1962: Enacts "Francesco's law"; repealer

Status: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (as of 2026-10-21)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1962

Sponsors: Khaleel Anderson, Rebecca Seawright, Brian Cunningham, David Weprin, Catalina Cruz, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Harvey Epstein, Tommy Schiavoni, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Charles Lavine, Gabriella Romero, Deborah Glick, Judy Griffin, Chris Burdick, Linda Rosenthal, Micah Lasher, Jo Anne Simon, Noah Burroughs, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Andrew Hevesi, William Colton, MaryJane Shimsky, John Zaccaro Jr., Michaelle C. Solages, Chantel Jackson

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A01962 Summary:

BILL NOA01962B

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SAME ASSAME AS S09629

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SPONSORAnderson

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COSPNSRSeawright, Cunningham, Weprin, Cruz, Dinowitz, Epstein, Schiavoni, Gonzalez-Rojas, Lavine, Romero,
 Glick, Griffin, Burdick, Rosenthal, Lasher, Simon, Burroughs, Bichotte Hermelyn, Hevesi, Colton,
 Shimsky, Zaccaro, Solages, Jackson, Wieder, Zinerman, Tapia, Taylor, Simone, Chandler-Waterman,
 Kassay, Lunsford, Dais, Steck, Sayegh, Rozic, Stern, Paulin, Torres, Alvarez, Ramos, Gibbs, Carroll
 P, Benedetto, Walker, Levenberg, Peoples-Stokes, Jacobson, Otis

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd &sect;&sect;265.45 & 400.00, add &sect;265.51, rpld &sect;265.46, Pen L; amd &sect;837-y, Exec L

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Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to injuries or deaths of minors resulting from failure to safely store a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.

Go to top A01962 Actions:

BILL NOA01962B

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01/14/2025referred to codes

01/29/2025amend (t) and recommit to codes

01/29/2025print number 1962a

06/06/2025amend (t) and recommit to codes

06/06/2025print number 1962b

06/09/2025reported referred to rules

06/10/2025reported 

06/10/2025rules report cal.550

06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.550

06/11/2025passed assembly

06/11/2025delivered to senate

06/11/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.75

05/13/2026passed assembly

05/13/2026delivered to senate

05/13/2026REFERRED TO CODES

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9629

06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1411

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

Go to topA01962 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:06/09/2025AYE/NAY:15/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyExcused

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAbsent

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/10/2025AYE/NAY:19/9 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliExcusedReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithNay

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoExcused

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA01962 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:06/11/2025Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 93/46Yes 

Alvarez 

ER 

Carroll P 

ER 

Friend 

Yes 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

No &#8225

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

No 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

No 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

No 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Levenberg 

No 

Pirozzolo 

No 

Smullen 

No 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chang 

No 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

No 

Barclay 

No 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lunsford 

No 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes &#8225

Barrett 

Yes 

Clark 

No 

Giglio 

Yes 

Lupardo 

ER 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

No 

Beephan 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Glick 

Yes &#8225

Magnarelli 

ER 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

No 

Bendett 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

No 

Maher 

Yes 

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Cook 

No 

Gray 

ER 

Mamdani 

No 

Reilly 

No 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Griffin 

No 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cunningham 

No 

Hawley 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

No 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hevesi 

No &#8225

McDonough 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

ER 

Blumencranz 

ER 

Davila 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

No 

Bologna 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Meeks 

ER 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

Yes 

Bores 

No 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Hyndman 

No 

Mikulin 

No 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

No 

Brabenec 

Yes 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jackson 

No 

Miller 

Yes 

Sayegh 

No 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes

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