• create a waiting period of up to 30 days for someone to purchase a gun prior to being cleared in a federal background check.

• implement a State Police-administered gun buyback program for municipalities across New York. People could turn in illegal firearms with immunity and receive a financial reward from a new pot of money the bill creates.

In May, The Buffalo News asked the Senate why the gun bills had not yet been sent to Cuomo given the Senate's quick passage of it in the opening weeks of the 2019 session. On Thursday, the response was basically the same.

“We hope the governor requests the bills and [they] are signed immediately," said Mike Murphy, a spokesman for the Senate’s Democratic conference.

Sometimes, too, there are other reasons bills might get delayed. The Legislature over the years – especially in the rush of bills getting approved and drafted by staffers who must pull off multiple all-night negotiation sessions – can make mistakes.

Cuomo has vetoed many such bills over the years or, in some cases, he’ll sign a bill on condition that legislators clean up any mistakes – via "chapter amendments" – down the road.