Senate Bill S1701

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires persons possessing any firearm to hold a firearms safety certificate

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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-S1701 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7885
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01, add §400.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7844
2013-2014: S573
2015-2016: S2442
2017-2018: S3547
2019-2020: S2291
2021-2022: S1192, A7246

2023-S1701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires persons possessing any firearm to hold a firearms safety certificate; establishes application and training process therefor; makes technical corrections.

2023-S1701 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1701
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GIANARIS, BRESLIN, KRUEGER, LIU, RIVERA, SANDERS,
   SERRANO, STAVISKY -- 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 requiring persons possess-
   ing  a  firearm  to hold a firearms safety certificate; and to provide
   technical corrections to such law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 265.01 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of
 the  laws of 2013, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of
 2019, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter  146  of  the  laws  of  2019,
 subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 520 of the laws of 2021, subdivision
 9  as added by chapter 519 of the laws of 2021, subdivision 9 as amended
 by chapter 149 of the laws of 2022 and  subdivision  10  as  amended  by
 chapter 94 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 § 265.01 Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
   A  person  is  guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth
 degree when:
   (1) [He or she] SUCH PERSON possesses  any  firearm,  electronic  dart
 gun,  electronic  stun  gun,  switchblade  knife, pilum ballistic knife,
 metal knuckle knife, cane sword,  billy,  blackjack,  bludgeon,  plastic
 knuckles,  metal  knuckles, chuka stick, sand bag, sandclub, wrist-brace
 type slingshot or slungshot, [shirken] SHURIKEN, or "Kung Fu star"[;].
   (2) [He or she] SUCH PERSON possesses  any  dagger,  dangerous  knife,
 dirk,  machete, razor, stiletto, imitation pistol, undetectable knife or
 any other dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon with  intent  to  use
 the same unlawfully against another[; or].
   (3)[;  or]  SUCH PERSON POSSESSES A FIREARM, NOT BEING THE HOLDER OF A
 VALID FIREARMS SAFETY CERTIFICATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION  400.15  OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05264-01-3
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