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NY S 638

in committee

Relates to gun buyback programs

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 638 pass?

Not yet. NY S 638 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 638 about?

Relates to gun buy back programs; requires entities operating such programs to check the serial number of all firearms obtained against the NYSPIN records and to obtain the express permission of the lawful owner of any firearm found to be stolen before the destruction thereof.

Who sponsors NY S 638?

Patrick M. Gallivan is the primary sponsor of NY S 638.

Description

Relates to gun buy back programs; requires entities operating such programs to check the serial number of all firearms obtained against the NYSPIN records and to obtain the express permission of the lawful owner of any firearm found to be stolen before the destruction thereof.

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

  • Patrick M. Gallivanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 1004not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4995not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1669not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 536not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1719not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 248not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S638?summary=&detail=

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