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Assembly Bill A10504

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to defining firearm

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2021-A10504 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9456
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.00, Pen L

2021-A10504 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to defining firearm; provides that the term firearm shall also include any other weapon that is not otherwise defined containing any component that provides housing or a structure designed to hold or integrate any fire control component that is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of explosive.

2021-A10504 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10504
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Burgos) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to defining firearm
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  265.00  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 189 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. "Firearm" means (a) any pistol or revolver; or (b) a shotgun having
 one  or more barrels less than eighteen inches in length; or (c) a rifle
 having one or more barrels less than sixteen inches in  length;  or  (d)
 any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle whether by alteration, modifica-
 tion, or otherwise if such weapon as altered, modified, or otherwise has
 an  overall  length  of  less  than twenty-six inches; or (e) an assault
 weapon; OR (F) ANY OTHER WEAPON THAT IS NOT OTHERWISE  DEFINED  IN  THIS
 SECTION  CONTAINING  ANY  COMPONENT THAT PROVIDES HOUSING OR A STRUCTURE
 DESIGNED TO HOLD  OR  INTEGRATE  ANY  FIRE  CONTROL  COMPONENT  THAT  IS
 DESIGNED  TO OR MAY READILY BE CONVERTED TO EXPEL A PROJECTILE BY ACTION
 OF EXPLOSIVE. For the purpose of this  subdivision  the  length  of  the
 barrel  on  a  shotgun  or  rifle  shall  be determined by measuring the
 distance between the muzzle and the face of the bolt, breech, or breech-
 lock when closed and when the shotgun or rifle is  cocked;  the  overall
 length  of a weapon made from a shotgun or rifle is the distance between
 the extreme ends of the weapon measured along a  line  parallel  to  the
 center line of the bore. Firearm does not include an antique firearm.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16018-01-2

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