Senate Bill S4116

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition

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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-S4116 - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00, 265.10 & 265.15, add §§265.38 & 265.39, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6005
2011-2012: S675
2013-2014: S68
2015-2016: S1113
2017-2018: S470
2019-2020: S2277

2021-S4116 - Summary

Requires semiautomatic pistols sold in this state be verified as a microstamping-enabled pistol; establishes fines for violations of this requirement; requires the division of criminal justice services to certify the viability of microstamping-enabled pistols.

2021-S4116 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4116 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4116
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN, KAPLAN -- 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 requiring semiautomatic pistols
 manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in  this  state  to  be
 capable of microstamping ammunition

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended  by  adding  two
 new subdivisions 32 and 33 to read as follows:
   32.  "MICROSTAMP-READY",  WHEN  USED WITH REFERENCE TO A SEMIAUTOMATIC
 PISTOL, MEANS THAT SUCH PISTOL  IS  MANUFACTURED  TO  PRODUCE  A  UNIQUE
 ALPHA-NUMERIC  OR  GEOMETRIC  CODE  ON  AT  LEAST  ONE  LOCATION ON EACH
 EXPENDED CARTRIDGE CASE THAT IDENTIFIES  THE  MAKE,  MODEL,  AND  SERIAL
 NUMBER OF THE PISTOL.
   33.  "MICROSTAMPING  COMPONENT OR MECHANISM", WHEN USED WITH REFERENCE
 TO A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL, MEANS A COMPONENT OR MECHANISM OF SUCH PISTOL
 DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO PRODUCE A  UNIQUE  ALPHA-NUMERIC  OR  GEOMETRIC
 CODE ON AN EXPENDED CARTRIDGE THAT IDENTIFIES THE MAKE, MODEL, AND SERI-
 AL NUMBER OF THE PISTOL.
   §  2.  Subdivision 6 of section 265.10 of the penal law, as amended by
 chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   6. (A) Any person who wilfully defaces any machine-gun, large capacity
 ammunition feeding device or firearm, INCLUDING DEFACING A MICROSTAMPING
 COMPONENT OR MECHANISM OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL, is guilty of a class D
 felony.
   (B) ANY DEALER IN FIREARMS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAP-
 TER WHO SELLS, OFFERS FOR SALE, EXCHANGES, GIVES, TRANSFERS OR  DELIVERS
 A  SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL, KNOWING THAT A MICROSTAMPING COMPONENT OR MECH-
 ANISM OF SUCH PISTOL HAS BEEN DEFACED, IS GUILTY OF A CLASS A  MISDEMEA-
 NOR.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, DEFACING A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-S4116A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00, 265.10 & 265.15, add §§265.38 & 265.39, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6005
2011-2012: S675
2013-2014: S68
2015-2016: S1113
2017-2018: S470
2019-2020: S2277

2021-S4116A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires semiautomatic pistols sold in this state be verified as a microstamping-enabled pistol; establishes fines for violations of this requirement; requires the division of criminal justice services to certify the viability of microstamping-enabled pistols.

2021-S4116A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4116A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4116--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN,  BIAGGI,  KAPLAN, RAMOS, SANDERS -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
   ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to requiring semiautomatic
   pistols sold in this state  be  verified  as  a  microstamping-enabled
   pistol;  and  to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the
   division of criminal justice services  to  certify  the  viability  of
   microstamping-enabled pistols
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding  three
 new subdivisions 33, 34 and 35 to read as follows:
   33.  "MICROSTAMP"  MEANS  A UNIQUE ALPHANUMERIC OR GEOMETRIC CODE THAT
 IDENTIFIES THE MAKE, MODEL, AND SERIAL NUMBER OF A FIREARM.
   34. "MICROSTAMPING COMPONENT" MEANS A COMPONENT PART OF  A  SEMI-AUTO-
 MATIC  PISTOL THAT WILL PRODUCE A MICROSTAMP ON AT LEAST ONE LOCATION OF
 THE EXPENDED CARTRIDGE CASE EACH TIME THE PISTOL IS FIRED.
   35. "MICROSTAMPING-ENABLED PISTOL" MEANS ANY SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL THAT
 CONTAINS A MICROSTAMPING COMPONENT.
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  837-w  to
 read as follows:
   § 837-W. TECHNOLOGICAL VIABILITY OF MICROSTAMPING-ENABLED FIREARMS. 1.
 AS  USED  IN THIS SECTION, THE TERMS "MICROSTAMPING-ENABLED PISTOLS" AND
 "MICROSTAMPING COMPONENTS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS  DEFINED  IN
 ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW.
   2.  THE DIVISION OR A DESIGNEE SHALL WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02762-15-2
 S. 4116--A                          2
 
              

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