Senate Bill S1725A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of immediate family to include parents, step-parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the sale or disposal of certain firearms

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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-S1725 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9937
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §898, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3377
2017-2018: S1140
2019-2020: S539

2021-S1725 - Summary

Expands the definition of immediate family to include parents, step-parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the sale or disposal of certain firearms.

2021-S1725 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1725 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1725
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GALLIVAN, AKSHAR, JORDAN -- 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  expanding  the
   definition  of  immediate family to include 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, SIBLINGS, GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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2021-S1725A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9937
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §898, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3377
2017-2018: S1140
2019-2020: S539

2021-S1725A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the definition of immediate family to include parents, step-parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the sale or disposal of certain firearms.

2021-S1725A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1725A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1725--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GALLIVAN, AKSHAR, JORDAN -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer
   Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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.

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