Assembly Bill A7566

                             
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                                   7566
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the dissem-
   ination of materials regarding child access prevention  and  the  safe
   storage of firearms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  845-f
 to read as follows:
   §  845-F.  FIREARMS;  CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION AND SAFE STORAGE. 1. FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE  FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   A.  "SCHOOL  DISTRICT"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, COMMON
 SCHOOL DISTRICT, UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT  OR
 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT;
   B.  "NOTICE"  SHALL  MEAN  WRITTEN  INFORMATION  OF  THE MODEL CONTENT
 OUTLINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS  SECTION,  PRODUCED  IN  A  CONCISE,
 PUBLISHABLE  FORMAT,  SUCH  AS  A  BROCHURE,  FLYER,  HANDBILL, LEAFLET,
 LETTER, OR PAMPHLET,  THAT  IS  INTENDED  TO  BE  PROVIDED  DIRECTLY  TO
 PARENTS,  GUARDIANS, OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION TO A STUDENT OF THE
 SCHOOL, MAILED TO A STUDENT'S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, EMAILED TO A PERSON IN
 PARENTAL RELATION TO A STUDENT OF THE SCHOOL, OR DELIVERED BY ANY  OTHER
 REASONABLE METHODS AUTHORIZED BY THE DIVISION; AND
   C.  "SCHOOL YEAR" SHALL MEAN THE PERIOD COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF
 REGULAR INSTRUCTION AND SHALL END ON THE LAST DAY OF INSTRUCTION.
   2. A. ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, THE  DIVISION,
 IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH, SHALL DEVELOP MODEL
 CONTENT FOR NOTICE  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE,  AT  A  MINIMUM,  INFORMATION
 OUTLINING  NEW  YORK'S CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION LAWS AND LAWS RELATING TO
 THE SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  SECTIONS
 265.45 AND 265.50 OF THE PENAL LAW. THE MODEL CONTENT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10216-02-5
              

 A. 7566                             2
 
 RELEVANT  STATEWIDE  RESOURCES  AND  INFORMATION RELATED TO CHILD ACCESS
 PREVENTION,  THE  SAFE  STORAGE  OF  FIREARMS,  AND   FIREARM   VIOLENCE
 PREVENTION.    THE  DIVISION  SHALL PRODUCE MODEL CONTENT IN THE ENGLISH
 LANGUAGE  AND  IN  COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE STATE. THE
 DIVISION SHALL UPDATE, AS NECESSARY, THE MODEL CONTENT EACH  JULY  FIRST
 THEREAFTER.
   B.    SUCH  MODEL  CONTENT  SHALL  DESIGNATE A SECTION FOR COUNTY- AND
 LOCAL-SPECIFIC LAWS AND REGULATIONS SUBMITTED TO IT BY  EACH  COUNTY  AS
 OUTLINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. THE DIVISION SHALL TAILOR
 THE MODEL CONTENT FOR EACH COUNTY BY INCLUDING IN THE DESIGNATED SECTION
 FOR  COUNTY-  AND  LOCAL-SPECIFIC  LAWS  AND REGULATIONS THE COUNTY- AND
 LOCAL-SPECIFIC LAWS SUBMITTED TO IT BY EACH COUNTY.
   C. THE DIVISION SHALL PUBLISH THE MODEL CONTENT DEVELOPED AND  UPDATED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS A AND B OF THIS SUBDIVISION ON ITS WEBSITE.
   3. ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, EVERY COUNTY SHALL
 SUBMIT  TO  THE  DIVISION  ALL INFORMATION OF COUNTY- AND LOCAL-SPECIFIC
 LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO CHILD ACCESS  PREVENTION  AND  THE  SAFE
 STORAGE  OF  FIREARMS.    EVERY  COUNTY SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DIVISION ANY
 UPDATED INFORMATION, INSOFAR AS IT EXISTS, OF COUNTY- AND LOCAL-SPECIFIC
 LAWS RELATED TO CHILD ACCESS PREVENTION AND THE SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS
 EACH MAY FIRST THEREAFTER.
   4. THE DIVISION SHALL DIRECT, BEGINNING ON JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-SIX,  ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE NOTICE,
 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE  REGULAR  SCHOOL  YEAR,  OF  THE  MODEL  CONTENT
 OUTLINED  IN  PARAGRAPHS  A  AND  B  OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF A CHILD ENROLLS AFTER THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE
 SCHOOL  YEAR,  NOTICE  OF THE MODEL CONTENT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN ONE
 WEEK OF SUCH ENROLLMENT. NOTICE OF THE MODEL CONTENT MAY BE PROVIDED  AS
 A SINGLE NOTICE FOR MULTIPLE STUDENTS LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.
   5.  THE  DIVISION  SHALL DIRECT, BEGINNING ON JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-SIX, ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAINTAIN, THROUGH THEIR  WEBSITE  OR
 AFFILIATED  SOCIAL  MEDIA PRESENCES, THE MODEL CONTENT OUTLINED IN PARA-
 GRAPHS A AND B OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS  SECTION.  THE  MODEL  CONTENT
 SHALL  BE  UPDATED, AS NECESSARY, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION
 TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   6. LOCAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THE DIVISION ARE  IMMUNE  FROM
 CIVIL  LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY, ARISING OUT OF, OR
 RELATING TO NOTICE IF THE ENTITY PROVIDED NOTICE USING THE MODEL CONTENT
 PROVIDED TO IT BY THE DIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.