Senate Bill S1414

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S1414 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2406
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, add §400.20, Pen L; amd §§897 & 898, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7596, A9433
2019-2020: S2374, A2690

2017-S1414 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person; requires either the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or its successor has issued a "proceed" response to the licensee, or ten business days have elapsed since the date the licensee, seller, transferor or dealer contacted NICS to initiate a national instant criminal background check and NICS has not notified the licensee, seller, transferor or dealer that the transfer of the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such person should be denied.

2017-S1414 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1414 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1414
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the general business law, in  relation
   to  establishing  a  waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle
   may be delivered to a person

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  12  of  section  400.00 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   12. Records required of gunsmiths and dealers in firearms. Any  person
 licensed  as  gunsmith  or  dealer  in firearms shall keep a record book
 approved as to form, except in the city of New York, by the  superinten-
 dent of state police. In the record book shall be entered at the time of
 every  transaction  involving  a firearm the date, name, age, occupation
 and residence of any person from whom a firearm is received or to whom a
 firearm is delivered, and the calibre, make, model, manufacturer's  name
 and  serial number, or if none, any other distinguishing number or iden-
 tification mark on such firearm. Before  delivering  a  firearm  to  any
 person, the licensee shall require him to produce either a license valid
 under  this  section  to  carry  or possess the same, or proof of lawful
 authority as an exempt person pursuant to section 265.20 OF THIS CHAPTER
 AND EITHER (A) THE NATIONAL INSTANT  CRIMINAL  BACKGROUND  CHECK  SYSTEM
 (NICS) OR ITS SUCCESSOR HAS ISSUED A "PROCEED" RESPONSE TO THE LICENSEE,
 OR  (B)  TEN  BUSINESS  DAYS  HAVE  ELAPSED  SINCE THE DATE THE LICENSEE
 CONTACTED NICS TO INITIATE A NATIONAL INSTATE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND  CHECK
 AND  NICS HAS NOT NOTIFIED THE LICENSEE THAT THE TRANSFER OF THE FIREARM
 TO SUCH PERSON SHOULD BE DENIED.    In  addition,  before  delivering  a
 firearm  to  a  peace  officer,  the licensee shall verify that person's
 status as a peace officer with  the  division  of  state  police.  After
 completing  the  foregoing,  the  licensee  shall  remove and retain the
 attached coupon and enter in the record book the date of  such  license,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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