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Assembly Bill A3873

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to certain requirements for municipal gun buyback programs

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2025-A3873 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §233, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10596

2025-A3873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that firearms surrendered under a municipal gun buyback program shall be rendered inoperable, and all components unable to be reused; prohibits the acceptance of firearms which were manufactured for the purpose of surrender for remuneration.

2025-A3873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3873
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to municipal gun buyback
   programs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 233 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "GUN BUYBACK" SHALL MEAN REMUNER-
 ATION  FOR  THE  VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN
 FOR DISPOSAL THAT RENDERS SUCH WEAPON  INOPERABLE,  AND  ALL  COMPONENTS
 THEREOF UNABLE TO BE INCORPORATED IN AN OPERABLE FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOT-
 GUN.  NO  FIREARM,  RIFLE OR SHOTGUN SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR SURRENDER AND
 REMUNERATION IF IT WAS MANUFACTURED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING A MONE-
 TARY REWARD UNDER A GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07477-01-5

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