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NY S09480

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/3/2022

Primary Sponsor

Elijah Reichlin-Melnick

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Origin

Senate

2021-2022 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Penal Law Section 265.01 to make criminal possession of semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, and pistols by persons under age 21 a crime, with an exception for anyone who was 18 or older before January 1, 2023.

  • Amends Penal Law Section 265.10 to establish that disposing of semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, or pistols to any person under age 21 is a Class A misdemeanor, except for persons who were 18 or older before January 1, 2023.

  • Creates a grandfather clause exempting individuals who reached age 18 on or before January 1, 2023 from the new restrictions on possession and receipt of these weapons.

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Legislative Description

Prohibits the criminal possession of semiautomatic rifles, shotguns and pistols by persons under the age of twenty-one unless such person was eighteen prior to January 1, 2023.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

6/3/2022

Committee Referrals

Codes6/3/2022

Full Bill Text

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