Senate Bill S4432

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the advertisement of firearms as combat weapons

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection 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-S4432 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-eeee, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8297
2021-2022: S733

2023-S4432 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the advertisement of firearms as combat weapons; exempts the advertisement of such rifles, shotguns, or firearms for the purposes of recreation, hunting, self-defense or other legal uses of such firearms.

2023-S4432 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4432 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4432
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   advertisement of firearms as combat weapons
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-eeee to read as follows:
   § 396-EEEE. PROHIBITS THE ADVERTISEMENT OF FIREARMS AS COMBAT WEAPONS.
 1.  NO PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN  THE  RETAIL  BUSINESS  OF
 SELLING  RIFLES,  SHOTGUNS  OR  FIREARMS,  AS  SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN
 SECTION 265.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, SHALL ADVERTISE SUCH  RIFLES,  SHOTGUNS
 OR  FIREARMS  TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY MEANS OF ADVERTISEMENTS IN PUBLIC
 NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, BY RADIO OR TELEVISION, OR  BY  ELECTRONIC  MEDIA
 DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFENSIVE ASSAULT OR HOMICIDE
 OR OTHER RELATED OFFENSES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF
 THE PENAL LAW.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE ADVERTISEMENT OF SUCH RIFLES,
 SHOTGUNS  OR  FIREARMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECREATION, HUNTING, SELF-DE-
 FENSE OR OTHER LEGAL USES OF SUCH FIREARMS SHALL BE EXEMPT.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM  "OFFENSIVE  ASSAULT"
 MEANS INTENTIONALLY INITIATING AND INFLICTING PHYSICAL HARM ONTO OTHERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08743-01-3



              

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