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NY S00227

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the class D felony for manufacturing weapons to include ghost guns, unfinished frames or receivers, firearm silencers, magazines, and major firearm components in addition to existing prohibited items like machine guns and assault weapons

  • Creates a new class A misdemeanor for intentionally selling, distributing, or disposing of digital instructions (CAD files, STL files, or other code) that can be used to 3D print firearms, ghost guns, magazines, or major weapon components

  • Restricts distribution of 3D printing instructions only to licensed gunsmiths with a Type 7 Federal Firearms License in New York

  • Adds a legal definition of "three-dimensional printer" as a computer-driven machine capable of producing a 3D object from a digital model

  • Authorizes wiretapping for investigations of the new offense involving distribution of 3D-printed weapon instructions, and takes effect 60 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Relates to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms; provides that a person who intentionally sells, distributes, or disposes of a three-dimensional printed firearm is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Last Action

PRINT NUMBER 227A

3/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Codes1/8/2025

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