Assembly Bill A2329

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting duties of law enforcement with respect to certain seized and recovered firearms and shell casings

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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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2021-A2329 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11322
2019-2020: A1421

2021-A2329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all law enforcement to report information regarding certain firearms to the National Crime Information Center; requires law enforcement to test-fire seized firearms and submit the resulting ballistics information to the National Integrated Ballistic Identification Network and to also submit to the National Integrated Ballistic Identification Network ballistics information regarding spent shell casings found at crime scenes.

2021-A2329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2329
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, GRIFFIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, HUNTER, PAULIN, REYES,  WEPRIN  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to reporting duties of law
   enforcement with respect to certain seized and recovered firearms  and
   spent shell casings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 400.10 of the penal law,  as
 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 Report  of  theft  or  loss  of  a firearm, rifle or shotgun; ADDITIONAL
            REPORTING DUTIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 400.10 of the penal  law  is  renumbered
 subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   3. (A) WHENEVER A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SEIZES OR RECOVERS A FIREARM,
 RIFLE  OR  SHOTGUN,  THE    AGENCY  SHALL,  WITHIN  TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF
 SEIZURE, ENTER THE MAKE,  MODEL,  CALIBER  AND  SERIAL  NUMBER  OF  SUCH
 FIREARM  INTO THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER TO DETERMINE WHETHER
 SUCH FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WAS REPORTED STOLEN.
   (B) WHENEVER A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SEIZES OR  RECOVERS  A  FIREARM,
 RIFLE  OR  SHOTGUN  THAT  WAS UNLAWFULLY POSSESSED, USED FOR AN UNLAWFUL
 PURPOSE, RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE OF A CRIME, IS REASONABLY BELIEVED  TO
 HAVE  BEEN  USED  OR  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME, OR IS
 ACQUIRED BY THE AGENCY AS AN ABANDONED OR DISCARDED  FIREARM,  RIFLE  OR
 SHOTGUN,  THE  AGENCY  SHALL,  ARRANGE  FOR EVERY SUCH FIREARM, RIFLE OR
 SHOTGUN THAT IS  DETERMINED  TO  BE  SUITABLE  FOR  NATIONAL  INTEGRATED
 BALLISTICS IDENTIFICATION NETWORK DATA ENTRY AND EXAMINATION TO BE TEST-
 FIRED  AS  SOON AS MAY BE PRACTICABLE AND THE RESULTS OF THE TEST-FIRING
 BE  SUBMITTED  TO  THE  NATIONAL  INTEGRATED  BALLISTICS  IDENTIFICATION
 NETWORK TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IS ASSOCIATED
 OR  RELATED TO A CRIME, CRIMINAL EVENT,  OR ANY INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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