Assembly Bill A659

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Adds ammunition to the list of prohibited items to purchase or dispose of after certain convictions

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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-A659 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1892
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.17, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8575, S7299
2021-2022: A383, S3545

2023-A659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adding ammunition to the list of prohibited items to purchase or dispose of after certain convictions.

2023-A659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    659
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, WEPRIN, ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, RAMOS, STECK,
   THIELE,  McDONOUGH,  SAYEGH,  D. ROSENTHAL,  JACOBSON,  SEAWRIGHT   --
   Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to adding ammunition  to  the
   list  of  prohibited  items  to  purchase  or dispose of after certain
   convictions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 265.17 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 236
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 § 265.17 Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon OR AMMUNITION.
   A person is guilty of criminal purchase or disposal  of  a  weapon  OR
 AMMUNITION when:
   1.  Knowing  that  he  or  she  is prohibited by law from possessing a
 firearm, rifle [or], shotgun OR AMMUNITION because of a prior conviction
 or because of some other disability which would render him or her ineli-
 gible to lawfully possess a firearm, rifle [or], shotgun  OR  AMMUNITION
 in  this state, or knowing that he or she is the subject of an outstand-
 ing warrant of arrest issued upon the alleged commission of a felony  or
 serious  offense, such person purchases or otherwise acquires a firearm,
 rifle [or], shotgun OR AMMUNITION from another person; or
   2. Knowing that it would be unlawful for another person to  possess  a
 firearm,  rifle  [or],  shotgun  OR  AMMUNITION, or knowing that another
 person is the subject of an outstanding warrant of  arrest  issued  upon
 the  alleged  commission  of  a  felony  or  serious  offense, he or she
 purchases or otherwise acquires a firearm, rifle [or], shotgun OR  AMMU-
 NITION for, on behalf of, or for the use of such other person; or
   3.  Knowing that another person is prohibited by law from possessing a
 firearm, rifle [or], shotgun OR AMMUNITION because of a prior conviction
 or because of some other disability which would render him or her ineli-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02088-01-3

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