Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 18, 2022 | signed chap.149 delivered to governor |
Mar 03, 2022 | returned to senate passed assembly |
Jan 20, 2022 | ordered to third reading rules cal.48 substituted for a8786 |
Jan 11, 2022 | referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 10, 2022 | ordered to third reading cal.33 |
Jan 07, 2022 | referred to rules |
senate Bill S7705
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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S7705 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8786
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§265.01 & 265.07, Pen L (as proposed in S.14-A & A.613-A)
S7705 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7705 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to criminalizing the sale of ghost guns PURPOSE: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2021, c.520, to clarify certain provisions in the underlying chapter. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill clarifies which provisions of the underlying chapter apply to licensed gunsmiths, and clarifies the application of the bill to firearms that lack serial numbers. EXISTING LAW:
S7705 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7705 I N S E N A T E January 7, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 criminalizing the sale of ghost guns THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 265.01 of the penal law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the penal law relating to enacting the Jose Webster untraceable firearms act, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 14-A and A. 613-A, is amended to read as follows: (9) Such person is not [required to be a gunsmith] licensed AS A GUNSMITH OR A DEALER IN FIREARMS pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter and, knowing it is a ghost gun, such person possesses a ghost gun, provided that a person shall not be guilty under this subdivision when he or she (a) voluntarily surrenders such ghost gun to any law enforcement official designated pursuant to subparagraph (f) of para- graph one of subdivision (a) of section 265.20 of this article; or (b) for a period of six months after the effective date of this section possesses a ghost gun prior to serialization and registration of such ghost gun pursuant to section 265.07 of this article. § 2. Section 265.07 of the penal law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the penal law relating to enacting the Jose Webster untraceable firearms act, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 14-A and A. 613-A, is amended to read as follows: § 265.07 Registration and serialization of firearms, rifles, shotguns, finished frames or receivers, and unfinished frames or receivers. (1) For the purposes of this section, "unfinished frame or receiver" means any UNSERIALIZED material that does not constitute the frame or receiver of a firearm, rifle or shotgun but that has been shaped or formed in any way for the purpose of becoming the frame or receiver of a firearm, rifle or shotgun, and which may readily be made into a func- tional frame or receiver through milling, drilling or other means. [The EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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