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NY S 9623

in committee

Relates to allowing the possession and sale of electronic dart guns and electronic stun guns for self-defense

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9623 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9623 is in committee as of 2026-03-30 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-30): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 9623 about?

Relates to allowing the possession and sale of electronic dart guns and electronic stun guns for self-defense; adds such weapons in the definition of obstructing governmental administration by means of a self-defense spray device.

Who sponsors NY S 9623?

Christopher Ryan is the primary sponsor of NY S 9623, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to allowing the possession and sale of electronic dart guns and electronic stun guns for self-defense; adds such weapons in the definition of obstructing governmental administration by means of a self-defense spray device.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-30 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Christopher Ryanprimary
  • Liz Kruegercosponsor
  • Toby Ann Staviskycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-30

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 4849not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4284not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2421not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3833not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2600

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9623?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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