Senate Bill S470A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition

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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-S470 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5826
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00, 265.10 & 265.15, add §§265.38 & 265.39, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6005, A6468
2011-2012: S675, A1157
2013-2014: S68, A3244
2015-2016: S1113, A6192
2019-2020: S2277, A1251
2021-2022: S4116, A7926

2017-S470 - Summary

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition; establishes fines for violations of this requirement and provides for an affirmative defense if the dealer had a certification from the manufacturer.

2017-S470 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S470 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    470
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- 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  requiring  semiautomatic
   pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state
   to be capable of microstamping ammunition
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "crime gun identification act of 2017".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings and intent. The legislature finds that in
 2005, the national clearance rate for homicide cases  was  approximately
 60%  and  over  3,000 gun homicide cases went unsolved; that in approxi-
 mately half of gun homicide investigations a spent cartridge casing, but
 not a firearm, is recovered at the crime scene; that currently  deployed
 national  ballistic  identification  systems  cannot identify the serial
 number of a gun unless the gun itself has been recovered;  that  firearm
 microstamping  is  a  revolutionary forensic technology that produces an
 identifiable alpha-numeric and geometric  code  onto  the  rear  of  the
 cartridge  casing  each  time  a semiautomatic pistol is fired; that the
 alpha-numeric and geometric code on an expended  cartridge  casing  will
 provide  an initial lead for law enforcement by enabling law enforcement
 to match the cartridge casing found at a crime to the original owner  of
 the  firearm;  that  information  from completed crime gun tracing is an
 important element utilized by COMPSTAT and other crime analysis  systems
 to  target  illegal  firearms trafficking; that microstamping technology
 continues to  produce  identifiable  markings  onto  expended  cartridge
 casings  even after thousands of rounds of testing; that this additional
 tool will help law  enforcement  investigate  illegal  gun  trafficking,
 close  firearm-related  criminal  cases and protect the public; and that

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

co-Sponsors

2017-S470A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5826
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00, 265.10 & 265.15, add §§265.38 & 265.39, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6005, A6468
2011-2012: S675, A1157
2013-2014: S68, A3244
2015-2016: S1113, A6192
2019-2020: S2277, A1251
2021-2022: S4116, A7926

2017-S470A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition; establishes fines for violations of this requirement and provides for an affirmative defense if the dealer had a certification from the manufacturer.

2017-S470A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S470A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  470--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PERALTA, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Codes  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Codes in accordance with
   Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to requiring semiautomatic
   pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state
   to be capable of microstamping ammunition
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "crime gun identification act of 2018".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature  finds  that  in
 2005,  the  national clearance rate for homicide cases was approximately
 60% and over 3,000 gun homicide cases went unsolved;  that  in  approxi-
 mately half of gun homicide investigations a spent cartridge casing, but
 not  a firearm, is recovered at the crime scene; that currently deployed
 national ballistic identification systems  cannot  identify  the  serial
 number  of  a gun unless the gun itself has been recovered; that firearm
 microstamping is a revolutionary forensic technology  that  produces  an
 identifiable  alpha-numeric  and  geometric  code  onto  the rear of the
 cartridge casing each time a semiautomatic pistol  is  fired;  that  the
 alpha-numeric  and  geometric  code on an expended cartridge casing will
 provide an initial lead for law enforcement by enabling law  enforcement
 to  match the cartridge casing found at a crime to the original owner of
 the firearm; that information from completed crime  gun  tracing  is  an
 important  element utilized by COMPSTAT and other crime analysis systems
 to target illegal firearms trafficking;  that  microstamping  technology
 continues  to  produce  identifiable  markings  onto  expended cartridge
 casings even after thousands of rounds of testing; that this  additional
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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