NY State Senate Bill S7477

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to codes
Oct 27, 2021	referred to rules

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S7477 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8429
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §265.35, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S430, A829

S7477 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the possession and use of live ammunition at a film production facility or a qualified film production facility; requires all persons employed or present at a film production facility or a qualified film production facility to receive proper training on the safe use, handling, storage and transportation of firearms.

S7477 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7477

SPONSOR: THOMAS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the possession
and use of live ammunition at a film production facility or a qualified
film production facility

 
PURPOSE:

To prevent studio accidents by prohibiting live ammunition on studio
sets and requiring training for the safe handling, use, and storage of
firearms.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 265.35 of the penal law to make
possession or use of live ammunition at film production facilities a
class E felony. Additionally, all persons employed or present at a film
production facility complete a training, designed and implemented by the
superintendent of police, in the safe use, handling, storage and trans-

portation of firearms.

Section 2 of the bill states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On Friday, October 22, 2021, a film crew member was fatally shot while
another was injured after an actor discharged a prop firearm. While
tragic, it is not the first. The Associated Press (AP) has reported that
between 1990 and 2016, at least 43 people have died on movie sets in the
United States and 150 suffered life-altering injuries.(1)

New York must enact firearms laws that protect workers in the enter-
tainment industry. Safety bulletins, written by the Industry-Wide
Labor-Management Safety Committee, govern the safety and use of firearms
on movie sets. These safety bulletins are not mandatory nor applied
consistently across studios or production companies. The state has a
responsibility to protect these workers on job sites.

This provision of this bill will protect entertainment industry workers
and prevent future accidents by prohibiting live ammunition in film
production facilities and requiring safety training for all cast and
crew whenever the production crew requests firearms.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
(1) https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-ap-top-news-us-news- busi-
ness-movies2dfb6c787f2249529ae04c9443828a7f

S7477 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7477
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the possession
   and use of live ammunition at a film production facility or  a  quali-
   fied film production facility

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 265.35 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  (A)  ANY  PERSON  WHO  POSSESSES OR USES LIVE AMMUNITION AT A FILM
 PRODUCTION FACILITY OR A QUALIFIED FILM  PRODUCTION  FACILITY,  AS  SUCH
 TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF THE TAX LAW, SHALL BE GUILTY
 OF A CLASS E FELONY.
   (B) ALL PERSONS EMPLOYED OR PRESENT AT A FILM PRODUCTION FACILITY OR A
 QUALIFIED FILM PRODUCTION FACILITY, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION
 TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THE  TAX LAW, SHALL RECEIVE PROPER TRAINING ON THE SAFE
 USE, HANDLING, STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS.
   (C) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE SHALL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A  FIREARM
 SAFETY  TRAINING PROGRAM THAT SHALL BE COMPLETED BY ALL PERSONS EMPLOYED
 OR PRESENT AT A FILM PRODUCTION FACILITY OR A QUALIFIED FILM  PRODUCTION
 FACILITY,  IF  FIREARMS SHALL BE USED OR HANDLED AT SUCH FACILITY, PRIOR
 TO SUCH USE AND HANDLING.
   (D) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE  TERM  "FIREARM"  SHALL  INCLUDE,
 PROP GUNS, RUBBER GUNS, PLASTIC GUNS, NON-GUNS, FLINTLOCK GUNS, PISTOLS,
 MACHINE  GUNS,  RIFLES  AND  SHOTGUNS THAT DISCHARGE BLANK CARTRIDGES OR
 AMMUNITION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13483-01-1

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