Assembly Bill A8174

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to storage of firearms

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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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2019-A8174 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6360
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.45 & 265.50, Pen L (as proposed in S.2450-A & A.2686-A)

2019-A8174 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for an exception to firearm storage requirements related to persons less than sixteen years old when such person less than sixteen years old is at a shooting range under immediate supervision, or when such person less than sixteen years old is the holder of a hunting license or permit.

2019-A8174 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8174
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to storage of firearms
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 265.45 of the penal law, as amended by a chapter of
 the  laws  of  2019, amending the penal law and the general business law
 relating to storage of firearms, as proposed in legislative bill numbers
 S. 2450-A and A. 2686-A, is amended to read as follows:
 § 265.45 Failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms  in  the
            first degree.
   No  person who owns or is custodian of a rifle, shotgun or firearm who
 resides with an individual who: (i) is under sixteen years of age;  (ii)
 such  person knows or has reason to know is prohibited from possessing a
 rifle, shotgun or firearm pursuant to a temporary or final extreme  risk
 protection  order  issued under article sixty-three-A of the civil prac-
 tice law and rules or 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), (4), (8) or (9); or  (iii)
 such  person knows or has reason to know is prohibited from possessing a
 rifle, shotgun or firearm based on a conviction for a felony or a  seri-
 ous  offense,  shall  store  or  otherwise  leave such rifle, shotgun or
 firearm out of his or her immediate possession or control without having
 first securely locked such rifle, shotgun or firearm in  an  appropriate
 safe  storage  depository or rendered it incapable of being fired by use
 of a gun locking device appropriate to that weapon. For purposes of this
 section "safe storage depository" shall mean  a  safe  or  other  secure
 container  which,  when locked, is incapable of being opened without the
 key, combination or other unlocking mechanism and is capable of prevent-
 ing an unauthorized person from obtaining access to  and  possession  of
 the  weapon  contained therein.  Nothing in this section shall be deemed
 to affect, impair or supersede any special or local act relating to  the
 safe  storage  of  rifles,  shotguns or firearms which impose additional
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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