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Assembly Bill A10307B

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 - Details

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

2025-A10307 - 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 initiate a criminal investigation within five business days.

2025-A10307 - 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

co-Sponsors

2025-A10307A - Details

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

2025-A10307A - 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 initiate a criminal investigation within five business days.

2025-A10307A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10307--A
                                                         Cal. No. 379
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes -- reported from committee,  advanced  to  a  third
   reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place on the
   order of third reading
 
 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  WHERE
 THE PROHIBITED PERSON SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE THE FIREARM.
   (B) THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL CONDUCT A CRIMINAL INVESTI-
 GATION  TO  BE  INITIATED  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.
                                                            LBD14853-04-6

co-Sponsors

2025-A10307B (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2025-A10307B (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 initiate a criminal investigation within five business days.

2025-A10307B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10307--B
                                                         Cal. No. 379
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes -- reported from committee,  advanced  to  a  third
   reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place on the
   order of third reading -- again  amended  on  third  reading,  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 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 TWO BUSINESS DAYS 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 INITIATE A CRIMINAL INVES-
 TIGATION 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.
                                                            LBD14853-07-6

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