Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 03, 2023 |
signed chap.73 delivered to governor |
Feb 01, 2023 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.76 substituted for a2209 |
Jan 17, 2023 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 09, 2023 |
ordered to third reading cal.25 |
Jan 06, 2023 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S816
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2023-S816 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2209
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §871, Gen Bus L (as proposed in S.687 & A.3998)
2023-S816 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S816 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to clarifying the definition of "imitation weapon" PURPOSE: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to a chapter of the laws of 2022, enacting S.687/A.3998 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation amends the underlying chapter by making technical edits to enable State law to better track New York City's law on imitation weapons, (NYC Code § 10-131(g)(1). JUSTIFICATION:
2023-S816 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 816 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to clarifying the definition of "imitation weapon" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 871 of the general business law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the general busi- ness law relating to clarifying the definition of "imitation weapon", as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 687 and A. 3998, is amended to read as follows: 2. "Imitation weapon" means any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm, air rifle, pellet gun, or "B-B" gun; unless such imitation weapon: (a) EITHER (I) is colored white, bright red, bright orange, bright yellow, bright green, bright blue, bright pink or bright purple on the entire exterior surface or as the predominant color in combination with other colors in any pattern; or [(b)] (II) is constructed entirely of transparent or translucent mate- rials which permits unmistakable observation of the imitation or toy firearm's complete contents; AND [(c)] (B) has a barrel that is closed for a distance of not less than one-half inch from the front-end of its barrel with the same material of which the imitation weapon is made, unless it is a water gun; AND [(d)] (C) has legibly stamped thereon, the name of the manufacturer or some trade name, mark or brand by which the manufacturer can be readily identified; and [(e)] (D) does not have attached thereto a laser pointer, defined for the purpose of this section as any device that emits light amplified by the stimulated emission of radiation that is visible to the human eye. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03990-01-3
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