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Senate Bill S8164

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm leading to use in the commission of a crime

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2021-S8164 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9573
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §265.46, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S2446
2025-2026: S2328

2021-S8164 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm leading to use in the commission of a crime which is a class E felony.

2021-S8164 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8164 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8164
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KAPLAN, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   unlawful  storage  of  a firearm leading to use in the commission of a
   crime
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.46 to
 read as follows:
 § 265.46 UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF A FIREARM LEADING TO USE IN THE  COMMISSION
            OF A CRIME.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF A FIREARM LEADING TO USE IN
 THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME WHEN A PERSON FAILS TO SAFELY STORE  A  RIFLE,
 SHOTGUN  OR FIREARM AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 265.45 OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE, AND SUCH RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR FIREARM IS USED IN THE COMMISSION  OF  A
 CRIME  BY  ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHICH REASONABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED
 IF SUCH RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR FIREARM WAS STORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTION
 265.45 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   UNLAWFUL  STORAGE  OF  A FIREARM LEADING TO USE IN THE COMMISSION OF A
 CRIME IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13965-03-2

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