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NY S 5818

in committee

Creates a civil cause of action for the manufacture, sale, or distribution of assault weapons or ghost guns within the state

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5818 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5818 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 5818 about?

Creates a civil cause of action for the manufacture, sale, or distribution of assault weapons or ghost guns within the state; aiding and abetting such manufacture, sale or distribution; or intending to aid and abet in such manufacture, sale or distribution; provides for a civil remedy of ten thousand dollars per violation.

Who sponsors NY S 5818?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 5818, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Creates a civil cause of action for the manufacture, sale, or distribution of assault weapons or ghost guns within the state; aiding and abetting such manufacture, sale or distribution; or intending to aid and abet in such manufacture, sale or distribution; provides for a civil remedy of ten thousand dollars per violation.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary
  • Zellnor Myriecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-03

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8163not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4927not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1598

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5818?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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