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Assembly Bill A4941

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to possession and sale of armor piercing ammunition; repealer

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2025-A4941 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §265.01 sub 8, amd §§265.04 & 265.13, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A4750
2021-2022: A2637
2023-2024: A4550

2025-A4941 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes possession and sale of armor piercing ammunition a class B felony; includes exchanging and disposing of armor piercing ammunition.

2025-A4941 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4941
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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 REPEALED.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.
                                                            LBD09039-01-5

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