Assembly Bill A10356A

                             
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                                 10356--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2024
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Benedetto)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes  --  reported  and
   referred  to  the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law and the executive law, in relation to the
   safe storage of firearms and child access prevention
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c) of subdivision 18 of section 400.00 of the
 penal law, as amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended and
 a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
   (c) any other information necessary to ensure such licensee  is  aware
 of their responsibilities as a license holder[.]; AND
   (D)  STATEWIDE  RESOURCES  AND INFORMATION RELATING TO SAFE STORAGE OF
 FIREARMS, CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION AND  FIREARM  VIOLENCE  PREVENTION  AS
 WELL  AS  INFORMATION  ON COUNTY AND LOCAL SPECIFIC LAWS AND REGULATIONS
 RELATED TO CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION AND THE SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS.
   § 2. Section 265.50 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 133 of the
 laws of 2019, is renumbered section 265.46.
   § 3. Article 35 of the executive  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 847 to read as follows:
   §  847.  PUBLIC  AWARENESS OF SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS. 1. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT  A  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  CAMPAIGN  TO
 EDUCATE  THE PUBLIC ON THE SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS, RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS
 AND CHILD ACCESS AND PREVENTION. THE  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  CAMPAIGN  SHALL
 INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, RESOURCES AND
 INFORMATION RELATED TO NEW YORK STATE CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION  LAWS  AND
 LAWS  RELATING TO THE SAFE STORAGE AND TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, RIFLES AND
 SHOTGUNS INCLUDING SECTIONS 265.45, 265.46, AND 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW,
 AVAILABLE METHODS FOR THE SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS, RIFLES AND  SHOTGUNS
 DESIGNED TO PREVENT CHILD ACCESS, FIREARM VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESOURCES,
 AND  COUNTY  AND  LOCAL  SPECIFIC  LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO CHILD
 ACCESS PREVENTION AND SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS, RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPED FOR
 USE IN THIS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN READILY  SHAREABLE  IN  A  DIGITAL
 FORMAT  AND MAKE THE MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE PUBLIC FACING PORTION OF
 THE DIVISION'S WEBSITE. THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  MAKE  THE  EDUCATIONAL
 MATERIALS  READILY AVAILABLE TO ANY AGENCY WHO REQUESTS SUCH EDUCATIONAL
 MATERIALS FOR DISSEMINATION.
   3. ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE,  AND  EACH  JULY
 FIRST  THEREAFTER,  THE  DIVISION SHALL UPDATE, AS NECESSARY, THE EDUCA-
 TIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION
 AND  MAKE  AVAILABLE  AND  DISSEMINATE THE UPDATED MATERIALS PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.