Senate Bill S3398

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the provision of licenses for firearms to persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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-S3398 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4511
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L; amd §530.14, CP L; amd §223, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10684
2021-2022: S9262, A5145

2023-S3398 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the provision of licenses for firearms to persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database; authorizes firearms licenses of persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database to be suspended or revoked; requires the superintendent of state police to search the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database each year and report findings to appropriate enforcement agencies in order to suspend or revoke appropriate licenses.

2023-S3398 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3398 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3398
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the  provision
   of  licenses  for  firearms  to  persons on the federal no-fly list or
   terrorist screening database; to amend the criminal procedure law,  in
   relation to revoking or suspending firearms licenses of persons on the
   federal  no-fly list or terrorist screening database; and to amend the
   executive law, in relation to requiring the  superintendent  of  state
   police  to search the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening data-
   base and report findings to appropriate enforcement agencies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be cited as the "Deny
 Firearms to Dangerous Terrorists Act".
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal law,  as  separately
 amended  by chapters 371 and 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Eligibility. No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this
 section except by the licensing officer, and then  only  after  investi-
 gation  and  finding  that  all statements in a proper application for a
 license are true. No license shall be issued or renewed  except  for  an
 applicant  (a) twenty-one years of age or older, provided, however, that
 where such applicant has  been  honorably  discharged  from  the  United
 States  army,  navy,  marine  corps,  air  force  or coast guard, or the
 national guard of the state of New York, no such age  restriction  shall
 apply;  (b)  of  good  moral  character, which, for the purposes of this
 article, shall mean having  the  essential  character,  temperament  and
 judgement  necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in
 a manner that does not endanger oneself or others; (c) who has not  been
 convicted  anywhere  of  a felony or a serious offense or who is not the
 subject of an outstanding warrant of  arrest  issued  upon  the  alleged
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07054-01-3
              

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