Assembly Bill A6312

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes amendments to the Safe Act; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A6312 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S196
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00, 400.00 & 265.20, rpld §§265.37 & 400.03, Pen L; amd §898, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3375
2017-2018: S3382
2019-2020: S862
2021-2022: S1689

2023-A6312 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the transfer of certain weapons from an estate to an immediate member of the decedent's family; expands definition of immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the sale or disposal of certain firearms; relates to the filing of approved applications for licenses for the possession of firearms; exempts certain large capacity ammunition feeding devices from certain requirements of the penal law

2023-A6312 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6312
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the transfer
   of certain weapons from an  estate  to  an  immediate  member  of  the
   decedent's  family;  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;  to  amend  the  penal  law,  in
   relation to the filing of approved applications for licenses to carry,
   possess,  repair  and  dispose of firearms; to amend the penal law, in
   relation to certain large  capacity  ammunition  feeding  devices;  to
   repeal   section  265.37  of  the  penal  law,  relating  to  unlawful
   possession of  certain  ammunition  feeding  devices;  and  to  repeal
   section 400.03 of the penal law relating to sellers of ammunition
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 22 of section  265.00  of  the
 penal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new subparagraph (vii) to read as
 follows:
   (VII) ANY WEAPON LEGALLY POSSESSED AND VALIDLY REGISTERED PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN-A  OF  SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER PRIOR TO SUCH
 PERSON'S DEATH AND BEQUEATHED OR PASSED THROUGH INTESTACY TO AN  IMMEDI-
 ATE  FAMILY MEMBER OF THE DECEASED. SUCH WEAPONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH,  THE  MEANING  OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER IS AS DEFINED BY
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED  NINETY-EIGHT  OF  THE  GENERAL
 BUSINESS LAW;
   §  2.  Paragraph  (h) of subdivision 22 of section 265.00 of the penal
 law, as amended by chapter 209 of the laws of 2022, is amended  to  read
 as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00119-01-3
 A. 6312                             2
              

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