New York S 3981: Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle

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S03981 Summary:

BILL NOS03981 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00360

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSR

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Amd §400.00, add §400.25, Pen L; amd §§11-0701 & 11-0713, En Con L

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Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle; requires a person to apply for a hunting license prior to the purchase of a shotgun or rifle; establishes additional requirements for all firearms, shotguns and rifles including taking a five hour gun safety course and exam, passing a shooting range test with 90% accuracy, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, providing proof of purchase of firearm and ammunition safe storage depositories and passing a criminal background check.

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BILL NOS03981 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3981

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the environmental conservation law, in
 relation to establishing additional requirements to purchase a
 firearm, shotgun or rifle

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 4-c of section 400.00 of the penal law,
 2 subdivision 1 as separately amended by chapters 371 and 669 of the laws
 3 of 2022, and subdivision 4-c as amended by chapter 371 of the laws of
 4 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 5 1. Eligibility. No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this
 6 section except by the licensing officer, and then only after investi-
 7 gation and finding that all statements in a proper application for a
 8 license are true. No license shall be issued or renewed except for an
 9 applicant (a) twenty-one years of age or older, provided, however, that
 10 where such applicant has been honorably discharged from the United
 11 States army, navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard, or the
 12 national guard of the state of New York, no such age restriction shall
 13 apply; (b) of good moral character, which, for the purposes of this
 14 article, shall mean having the essential character, temperament and
 15 judgement necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in
 16 a manner that does not endanger oneself or others; (c) who has not been
 17 convicted anywhere of a felony or a serious offense or who is not the
 18 subject of an outstanding warrant of arrest issued upon the alleged
 19 commission of a felony or serious offense; (d) who is not a fugitive
 20 from justice; (e) who is not an unlawful user of or addicted to any
 21 controlled substance as defined in section 21 U.S.C. 802 and has
 22 provided notarized proof of a passed drug test by a licensed physician;
 23 (f) who being a noncitizen (i) is not illegally or unlawfully in the
 24 United States or (ii) has not been admitted to the United States under a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00556-01-5

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 1 nonimmigrant visa subject to the exception in 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(2); (g)
 2 who has not been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable
 3 conditions; (h) who, having been a citizen of the United States, has not
 4 renounced [his or her] their citizenship; (i) who has stated whether [he
 5 or she has] they have ever suffered any mental illness and has provided
 6 notarized proof of a passed mental health evaluation by a licensed
 7 physician; (j) who has not been involuntarily committed to a facility
 8 under the jurisdiction of an office of the department of mental hygiene
 9 pursuant to article nine or fifteen of the mental hygiene law, article
 10 seven hundred thirty or section 330.20 of the criminal procedure law or
 11 substantially similar laws of any other state, section four hundred two
 12 or five hundred eight of the correction law, sect