New York A 199: Creates an independent traffic violations bureau

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A00199 Summary:

BILL NOA00199B

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SAME ASSAME AS S00399-B

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRChandler-Waterman, Burdick, Seawright, Rozic, Ramos, Meeks, Paulin, Lasher, Griffin, Simon, Steck,
 Lavine, Zaccaro, Schiavoni, Gonzalez-Rojas, Colton, Shimsky, Dinowitz, Rosenthal, Torres, Kassay,
 Taylor, Hevesi, Carroll R, Simone, Cruz, Stern, Alvarez, Lunsford, Tapia, Shrestha, Stirpe,
 Cunningham, Gallagher, Weprin, Carroll P, Reyes, Forrest, Sayegh, Levenberg, Bichotte Hermelyn,
 Glick, Bores, Burroughs, Pheffer Amato, Romero, Walker, Wieder, Jackson, Jacobson, Eachus, Powers,
 Anderson, Wright, O'Pharrow, Hooks, Clark, McMahon, Kim, Rivera, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§265.00, 265.10 & 265.20, Pen L

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Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol; directs the superintendent of the state police to publish a list of pistols that the superintendent has determined to be convertible pistols.

Go to top A00199 Actions:

BILL NOA00199B

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01/08/2025referred to codes

06/09/2025amend and recommit to codes

06/09/2025print number 199a

01/07/2026referred to codes

04/23/2026amend and recommit to codes

04/23/2026print number 199b

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Go to topA00199 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00199 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 199--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT,
 ROZIC, RAMOS, MEEKS, PAULIN, LASHER, GRIFFIN, SIMON, STECK, LAVINE,
 ZACCARO, SCHIAVONI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, COLTON, SHIMSKY, DINOWITZ, ROSEN-
 THAL, TORRES, KASSAY, TAYLOR, HEVESI, R. CARROLL, SIMONE, CRUZ, STERN,
 ALVAREZ, LUNSFORD, TAPIA, SHRESTHA, STIRPE, CUNNINGHAM, GALLAGHER,
 WEPRIN, P. CARROLL, REYES, FORREST, SAYEGH, LEVENBERG, BICHOTTE HERME-
 LYN, GLICK, BORES, BURROUGHS, PHEFFER AMATO, ROMERO, WALKER, WIEDER,
 JACKSON, JACOBSON, EACHUS, POWERS, ANDERSON, WRIGHT, O'PHARROW, HOOKS,
 CLARK, McMAHON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes
 in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the regulation of pistol
 converters and convertible pistols

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 265.00 of the penal law is amended
 2 and a new subdivision 37 is added to read as follows:
 3 1. "Machine-gun" means a weapon of any description, irrespective of
 4 size, by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, from which a number of
 5 shots or bullets may be rapidly or automatically discharged from a maga-
 6 zine with one continuous pull of the trigger and includes a sub-machine
 7 gun, and also includes any convertible pistol that is equipped with a
 8 pistol converter.
 9 37. "Convertible pistol" means any semi-automatic pistol with a cruci-
 10 form trigger bar that can be readily altered by hand or with common
 11 household tools so that it can be converted into a machine-gun by the
 12 installation or attachment of a pistol converter. As used in this subdi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00308-04-6

 A. 199--B 2

 1 vision, "cruciform trigger bar" means a component in a semi-automatic
 2 pistol that serves as a linkage between the trigger and firing pin and
 3 has its sear incorporated in a cross-shaped surface and "common house-
 4 hold tools" means screwdrivers, pipe wrenches, pliers, hacksaws, crow-
 5 bars, electric drills or rotary tools, hammers, chisels, and crescent
 6 wrenches.
 7 "Convertible pistol" does not include hammer-fired semi-automatic
 8 pistols. A tab or other piece of material on a pistol frame is not
 9 sufficient to prevent ready alteration so that the pistol can be
 10 converted into a machine-gun by the installation or attachment of a
 11 pistol con