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Amd §§897 & 898, Gen Bus L; amd §7.09, Ment Hyg L; amd §265.17, Pen L

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Requires a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun to submit to a mental health evaluation and provide the seller with such purchaser's approval to purchase such firearm.

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4790

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, the mental hygiene law and the
 penal law, in relation to requiring a mental health evaluation prior
 to the purchase of any firearm, rifle or shotgun

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

 1 Section 1. Section 897 of the general business law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. Before any sale, exchange, or disposal pursuant to this article,
 4 a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun shall submit to a mental
 5 health evaluation and provide the seller with proof of such purchaser's
 6 approval to purchase such firearm, rifle or shotgun pursuant to subdivi-
 7 sion (n) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law.
 8 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general business law, as
 9 amended by chapter 129 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new subdi-
 10 vision 2-a is added to read as follows:
 11 1. In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and federal
 12 law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles or shotguns
 13 shall be conducted in accordance with this section unless such sale,
 14 exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer[,] or licensed
 15 manufacturer [or licensed dealer], as those terms are defined in 18 USC
 16 § 922, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to
 17 that person's federal firearms license [or such sale, exchange or
 18 disposal is between members of an immediate family]. When a sale,
 19 exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to a person's federal
 20 firearms license, before delivering a firearm, rifle or shotgun to any
 21 person, either (a) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
 22 (NICS) or its successor has issued a "proceed" response to the federal
 23 firearms licensee, or (b) thirty calendar days shall have elapsed since
 24 the date the federal firearms licensee contacted NICS to initiate a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06336-01-5

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 1 national instant criminal background check and NICS has not notified the
 2 federal firearms licensee that the transfer of the firearm, rifle or
 3 shotgun to such person should be denied. [For purposes of this section,
 4 "immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, children and
 5 step-children.]
 6 2-a. Before any sale, exchange, or disposal pursuant to this article,
 7 a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun shall submit to a mental
 8 health evaluation and provide the seller with proof of such purchaser's
 9 approval to purchase such firearm, rifle or shotgun pursuant to subdivi-
 10 sion (n) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law.
 11 § 3. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new
 12 subdivision (n) to read as follows:
 13 (n) The commissioner shall establish within the office of mental
 14 health an administrative process for the mental health evaluation of any
 15 individual prior to such individual's purchase of any firearm, rifle or
 16 shotgun. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to establish the
 17 mental health evaluation process, which shall include, but not be limit-
 18 ed to, provisions relating to: (1) the mental health professionals
 19 approved to perform such eva