S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4941
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to possession and sale of
armor piercing ammunition; and to repeal certain provisions of the
penal law relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 265.01 of the penal law is
REPEALED.
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 265.04 of the penal law, as amended by
chapter 764 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdivision 3 is
added to read as follows:
(2) possesses ten or more firearms[.]; OR
(3) POSSESSES ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION.
§ 3. Subdivision 2 of section 265.13 of the penal law, as amended by
section 1 of subpart A of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
amended and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
(2) unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of to another
person or persons a total of three or more firearms in a period of not
more than one year[.]; OR
(3) UNLAWFULLY SELLS, EXCHANGES, GIVES OR DISPOSES OF TO ANOTHER
PERSON OR PERSONS ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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