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| Jan 22, 2020 | advanced to third reading |
| Jan 21, 2020 | 2nd report cal. |
| Jan 15, 2020 | 1st report cal.192 |
| Jan 08, 2020 | referred to consumer protection |
| Jan 24, 2019 | referred to consumer protection |
senate Bill S2415
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 7th Senate District
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S2415 (ACTIVE) - Details
S2415 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2415 SPONSOR: KAPLAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to including attachments to electronic devices within the meaning of the term "imitation weapon" PURPOSE: To clarify that cellular device cases modeled in the form of a firearm are banned for sale and possession in the New York State. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends subdivision 2 of section 871 of the General Business law, expanding the definition of an "imitation weapon" to include an attachment to an electronic device. Section two sets the effective date.
S2415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2415
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 24, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 including
attachments to electronic devices within the meaning of the term
"imitation weapon"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 871 of the general business law,
as added by chapter 475 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as
follows:
2. "Imitation weapon" means any device or object made of plastic,
wood, metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can
reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm, air rifle, pellet gun,
or "B-B" gun, INCLUDING AN ATTACHMENT TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE; unless
such imitation weapon (a) is colored other than black, blue, silver or
aluminum, (b) is marked with a non-removable orange stripe which is at
least one inch in width and runs the entire length of the barrel on each
side and the front end of the barrel, and (c) has a barrel at least one
inch in diameter that is closed for a distance of not less than one-half
inch from the front-end of its barrel with the same material of which
the imitation weapon is made. "Imitation weapon" does not include any
nonfiring replica of an antique firearm, the original of which was
designed, manufactured and produced prior to eighteen hundred ninety-
eight.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00692-01-9
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