# New York S 1985: Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding to reports of family violence New York S 1985, Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding to reports of family violence, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Pete Harckham (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-10-16 (SIGNED CHAP.466) (as of 2026-10-15). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S1985-2025 - As of: 2026-10-15 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New York S 1985 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms when responding to reports of family violence - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-10-16, SIGNED CHAP.466 - Sponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: CODES - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (184 yes, 86 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Police remove weapons during family violence calls: mixed, medium. Effective immediately, New York police must temporarily remove covered weapons during family-offense calls when a safety trigger applies. Weapons must be in plain sight or found during a search done with consent or other legal authority. Triggers include a victim's yes to the report's suspect-threa… - Weapon owners face longer waits for return: mixed, medium. Seized weapons and licenses cannot return for at least 120 hours (five days), up from 48 hours (two days). Return requires that no protection order, extreme risk protection order, other court order, pending charge, or conviction bars possession. A written finding must also confirm that the owner ca… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Patricia Fahy (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-11 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 93 | 46 | | | 2025-06-09 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 43 | 19 | | | 2025-05-13 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 37 | 20 | | | 2025-01-27 | committee | Codes Committee Vote | pass | 11 | 1 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-10-16: SIGNED CHAP.466 (Senate) - 2025-10-09: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-06-11: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-06-11: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-11: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.54 (House) - 2025-06-11: SUBSTITUTED FOR A544B (House) - 2025-06-09: REFERRED TO CODES (House) - 2025-06-09: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-09: REPASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-05-27: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1985A (Senate) - 2025-05-27: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING (Senate) - 2025-05-27: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-05-27: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-05-13: REFERRED TO CODES (House) - 2025-05-13: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-05-13: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-02-03: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate) - 2025-01-28: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate) - 2025-01-27: 1ST REPORT CAL.182 (Senate) - 2025-01-14: REFERRED TO CODES (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment A, 2025-05-27: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1985A) - Original, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1985) ## Related bills - S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors (signed) - S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer (signed) - A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors (signed) - A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose real estate transfer taxes and to deposit revenue from such taxes into a community… (signed) - S 9968: Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association (signed) - S 8953: Establishes the Clarence Center Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1985A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1985) ## Related - [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025) - [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025) - [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025) - [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025) - [S 9968: Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9968-2025) - [S 8953: Establishes the Clarence Center Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Assoc…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S8953-2025) - [New York bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york/bills) - [New York state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S1985-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).