S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9937
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 19, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to expanding the
definition of immediate family to include parents, step-parents,
siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the
private sale or disposal of certain firearms
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general business law,
as amended by chapter 129 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
1. In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and federal
law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles or shotguns
shall be conducted in accordance with this section unless such sale,
exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer, licensed
manufacturer or licensed dealer, as those terms are defined in 18 USC §
[922] 921, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to
that person's federal firearms license or such sale, exchange or
disposal is between members of an immediate family. When a sale,
exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to a person's federal
firearms license, before delivering a firearm, rifle or shotgun to any
person, either (a) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS) or its successor has issued a "proceed" response to the federal
firearms licensee, or (b) thirty calendar days shall have elapsed since
the date the federal firearms licensee contacted NICS to initiate a
national instant criminal background check and NICS has not notified the
federal firearms licensee that the transfer of the firearm, rifle or
shotgun to such person should be denied. For purposes of this section,
"immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, children
[and], step-children, PARENTS, STEP-PARENTS, SIBLINGS, GRANDPARENTS AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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