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Assembly Bill A10307

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm

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2025-A10307 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9486
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §228, Exec L

2025-A10307 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm; requires local law enforcement to investigate within five business days.

2025-A10307 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10307
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to notification to local
   law enforcement of firearm denials
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 228 of the execu-
 tive  law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a
 new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
   (a) The division shall report the name, date  of  birth  and  physical
 description  of any person prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant
 to 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(g) or (n), AND THE REASON FOR ANY DENIAL,  to  the
 national  instant criminal background check system index, denied persons
 files.
   2-A. (A) WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF MAKING THE  REPORT  DESCRIBED  IN
 PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE DIVISION SHALL
 REPORT THE NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, AND THE REASON FOR
 THE DENIAL TO:
   I. THE LOCAL LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  HAVING  JURISDICTION  OVER  THE
 LOCATION WHERE THE PROHIBITED PERSON SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE THE FIREARM; AND
   II. THE LOCAL PROSECUTOR HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCATION WHEREIN
 THE PROHIBITED PERSON SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE THE FIREARM.
   (B)  THE  LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL INVESTIGATE WITHIN FIVE
 BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIVING SUCH REPORT FROM THE DIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14853-02-6

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