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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens. JACKSON, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, S. RYAN -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to creating the offense of
   operating as a major firearms trafficker
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.67 to
 read as follows:
 § 265.67 OPERATING AS A MAJOR FIREARMS TRAFFICKER.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF OPERATING AS A MAJOR  FIREARMS  TRAFFICKER  WHEN
 SUCH PERSON:
   (1)  UNLAWFULLY  SELLS,  EXCHANGES,  GIVES  OR  DISPOSES OF TO ANOTHER
 PERSON OR PERSONS A TOTAL OF TWENTY OR MORE FIREARMS IN A PERIOD OF  NOT
 MORE THAN ONE YEAR; OR
   (2) UNLAWFULLY POSSESSES WITH INTENT TO SELL TWENTY OR MORE FIREARMS.
   OPERATING AS A MAJOR FIREARMS TRAFFICKER IS A CLASS A-I FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03377-01-5