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NY S01358
Bill
Status
1/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jose Serrano
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AI Summary
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Prohibits retail firearms sellers from selling, delivering, or transferring "child operated firearms" to any person
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Defines "child operated firearm" as any pistol or revolver manufactured 12 months or more after the law's effective date that lacks a childproofing device to prevent an average five-year-old from operating it
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Acceptable childproofing mechanisms include: trigger resistance of at least 10 pounds, firing mechanisms too large for a five-year-old's hands to operate, or requiring multiple motions to fire
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Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish minimum standards for childproofing devices in consultation with gun manufacturers
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Violations constitute a class A misdemeanor; the law takes effect on November 1st following passage
Legislative Description
Prohibits persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms; defines "child operated firearm" to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same; makes violations a class A misdemeanor.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026