NY State Senate Bill 2015-S1391

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2016	referred to consumer protection
Jan 12, 2015	referred to consumer protection

2015-S1391 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 39-H §§899-aaaa - 899-cccc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7113
2017-2018: S2831
2019-2020: S4886
2021-2022: S4947
2023-2024: S6035
2025-2026: S5952

2015-S1391 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the manufacturing of firearms; requires any firearm manufactured by a three-dimensional printer to contain a unique identifying number and to be registered with the state police.

2015-S1391 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S1391

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general business law, in relation
to the manufacture of firearms

PURPOSE:

Provides for a amendment to the general business law that would
require any firearm manufactured by a three-dimensional printer to
contain a unique identifying number

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the general business law by adding three new
sections 899-aaaa, 899-bbbb, and 899-cccc.

Section 899-aaaa requires any person manufacturing firearms, using
three-dimensional printers, to inscribe each firearm with a unique
identifying number. Additionally requires parties manufacturing such
firearms within the city of New York or Nassau and Suffolk counties to
register such firearm with the licensing officer.

Section 899-bbbb establishes that no one other than a gunsmith
licensed pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law shall manufacture
firearms using three-dimensional printers.

Section 899-cccc requires that any gunsmith manufacturing firearms
using three-dimensional printers, shall maintain detailed records of
all firearms created and any that are subsequently transferred.

Section 2: Establishes the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Digital manufacturing technologies, including computer numerical
control mills, 3-dimensional printers and laser cutting machines, are
quickly advancing so that they may soon be used to fabricate fully
operational firearm components.

In 2013, a blueprint and instructions for the manufacturer of a
three-dimensional gun called "The Liberator" was posted online,
prompting the U.S. State Department to shut down the site
(http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/09/politics/3-d-guns/). Before the site
was shut down the instructions were downloaded by at least one million
people on several different file-sharing sites and by an unknown
number of people on international servers. As a result, there may be
private citizens who could gather the necessary materials and
manufacture these firearms for personal use. This legislation would
protect the safety of New Yorkers by making it illegal for anyone to
use three-dimensional printers for the purposes of manufacturing
firearms, unless they are appropriately licensed as a gunsmith. As an
additional measure, this bill would also require that any firearms
that are manufactured using the technology be inscribed with unique
identifying number.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:


None.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2015-S1391 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1391

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufacture
  of firearms

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
39-H to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 39-H
                        MANUFACTURERS OF FIREARMS
SECTION 899-AAAA. IDENTIFICATION OF FIREARMS.
        899-BBBB. MANUFACTURE OF FIREARMS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINT-
               ERS.
        899-CCCC. RECORD KEEPING.
  S  899-AAAA.  IDENTIFICATION OF FIREARMS. ANY PERSON WHO HOLDS A VALID
GUNSMITH LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL  LAW,  AND  WHO
MANUFACTURES  ANY FIREARM USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTERS, SHALL ENSURE
THAT EACH MANUFACTURED FIREARM SHALL BE INSCRIBED WITH A UNIQUE  IDENTI-
FYING  NUMBER,  AND  THAT  EACH SUCH NUMBER SHALL BE REGISTERED WITH THE
DIVISION OF STATE POLICE. ANY GUNSMITH LOCATED IN THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK
OR  THE  COUNTIES  OF  NASSAU OR SUFFOLK SHALL ALSO REGISTER THE FIREARM
WITH THE LICENSING OFFICER IN SUCH CITY OR COUNTY.
  S 899-BBBB. MANUFACTURE OF FIREARMS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL  PRINTERS.
NO  PERSON  SHALL USE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER TO CREATE ANY FIREARM,
RIFLE, OR SHOTGUN, OR ANY PIECE OR PART THEREOF, UNLESS SUCH PERSON  HAS
A  VALID GUNSMITH LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL
LAW. ANY PERSON USING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER TO CREATE ANY FIREARM,
RIFLE, SHOTGUN, OR PIECE OR PART THEREOF, MUST ENSURE THAT SUCH CREATION
COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL  LAWS  AND  REGU-
LATIONS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06551-01-5

S. 1391                             2

  S  899-CCCC.  RECORD  KEEPING.  ANY  GUNSMITH WHO CREATES ANY FIREARM,
RIFLE, SHOTGUN, OR PIECE OR PART THEREOF USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL  PRINT-
ERS,  SHALL  MAINTAIN  A  DETAILED  AND  ACCURATE  RECORD  OF  EACH SUCH
CREATION, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE  FIREARM,  RIFLE,  SHOTGUN,  OR
PIECE  OR PART THEREOF, THE DATE OF ITS CREATION, THE UNIQUE IDENTIFYING
NUMBER REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT  HUNDRED  NINETY-NINE-AAAA  OF
THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY PERSON OR FIRM TO WHOM THE ITEM WAS TRANSFERRED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

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