Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding to reports of family violence

Latest action Oct 16, 2025

Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A544, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Criminal Procedure Law.

Committee

Codes · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Codes · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding to reports of family violence

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 9, 2025Result: passed
(43) (19) (0) (1)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 13, 2025Result: passed
(37) (20) (0) (5)
Vote: Committee vote · Codes
Senate CodesJan 27, 2025Result: passed
(11) (1) (0) (1)

Cosponsors

Dana Levenberg, Jonathan Jacobson and 8 more on Agora

Democratic10

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Pete Harckham says this is needed

The Safe Homes Act of 2020 provides police officers answering a domestic violence call the option to remove firearms in plain sight or discovered pursuant to a consensual or other lawful search. This legislation seeks to provide further protections to victims by mandating police officers seize firearms in plain sight during a domestic violence call and any license to carry, that is in the possession of any person arrested on the suspicion of such family offense. Additionally, this bill calls for the return of such firearms and licenses not less than one hundred twenty hours after effecting such seizure. Such legislation is necessary to ensure that firearms do not return to dangerous hands before the courts have had sufficient time to file any necessary charges to protect such victims.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Oct 16, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.466
NY Senate
Oct 9, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Senate
Jun 11, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.54
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.54
NY Assembly
Jun 11, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jun 11, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED BY S1985A
NY Assembly

Show full history (18 earlier events)

Jun 9, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
Jun 9, 2025
Passed a chamber
REPASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 9, 2025
Returned to Assembly
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 27, 2025
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1985A
NY Senate
May 27, 2025
Recalled From Assembly
RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 27, 2025
Returned to Senate
RETURNED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
May 21, 2025
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 544B
NY Assembly
May 13, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 13, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 13, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
Mar 13, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.54
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.54
NY Assembly
Mar 11, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Feb 28, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Codes
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
NY Assembly
Feb 3, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Jan 28, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Jan 27, 2025
1ST Report CAL.182
1ST REPORT CAL.182
NY Senate
Jan 14, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly

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