| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to codes |
| Jan 09, 2015 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1204
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) 10th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2015-S1204 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2178
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง265.18, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S5228, A1326
2011-2012: S1915, A3936
2013-2014: S927, A3584
2017-2018: S3444, A6346
2019-2020: S3565
2021-2022: S1419
2023-2024: S803
2025-2026: S1358
2015-S1204 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms; defines "child operated firearm" to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same; makes violations a class A misdemeanor.
2015-S1204 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1204
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the sale
of child operated firearms
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would prohibit the sale of pistols or revolvers by any
person, firm or corporation in the retail business of selling guns
which does not contain child proofing features built into the design
of the gun.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would prohibit the sale of pistols or revolvers by any
person, firm or corporation in the retail business of selling guns
which does not contain child proofing features built into the design
of the gun. The prohibition would apply to pistols or revolvers
manufactured twelve or more months after the effective date of the
bill. Design features could include the capacity to adjust the trigger
resistance of the gun to at least a ten pound pull, the capacity to
alter the firing mechanism so- that an average five year old child's
hand would be too small to operate the gun, or the capacity to require
a series of multiple motions in order to fire the gun. A violation of
this provision would be a class A misdemeanor.
2015-S1204 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1204
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 9, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, SANDERS -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the sale of child operated
firearms
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.18 to
read as follows:
S 265.18 SALE OF CHILD OPERATED FIREARMS; CHILDPROOFING.
1. NO PERSON, FIRM, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR CORPORATION ENGAGED
IN THE RETAIL BUSINESS OF SELLING RIFLES, SHOTGUNS OR FIREARMS SHALL
SELL, DELIVER OR TRANSFER ANY CHILD OPERATED FIREARM TO ANOTHER PERSON.
2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CHILD OPERATED FIREARM" MEANS A
PISTOL OR REVOLVER MANUFACTURED TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE AFTER THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION WHICH DOES NOT CONTAIN A CHILDPROOFING DEVICE
OR MECHANISM INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF SUCH PISTOL OR REVOLVER TO
EFFECTIVELY PRECLUDE AN AVERAGE FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD FROM OPERATING THE
PISTOL OR REVOLVER. SUCH DEVICES OR MECHANISMS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO: THE CAPACITY TO ADJUST THE TRIGGER RESISTANCE TO AT LEAST A
TEN POUND PULL, THE CAPACITY TO ALTER THE FIRING MECHANISM SO THAT AN
AVERAGE FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD'S HANDS ARE TOO SMALL TO OPERATE THE PISTOL
OR REVOLVER, OR THE CAPACITY TO REQUIRE A SERIES OF MULTIPLE MOTIONS IN
ORDER TO FIRE THE PISTOL OR REVOLVER.
3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH
SUCH GUN MANUFACTURERS AS SUCH SUPERINTENDENT DEEMS APPROPRIATE, ADOPT
RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILDPROOFING
DEVICES OR MECHANISMS TO ENSURE THAT SUCH CHILDPROOFING DEVICES OR MECH-
ANISMS ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
4. ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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