New York S 9629: Enacts "Francesco's law"; repealer

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S09629 Summary:

BILL NOS09629 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01962-B

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, BASKIN, BROUK, BYNOE, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ,
 GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MARTINEZ, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS,
 RIVERA, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, STAVISKY, SUTTON, WEBB, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§265.45 & 400.00, add §265.51, rpld §265.46, Pen L; amd §837-y, Exec L

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Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to injuries or deaths of minors resulting from failure to safely store a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.

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BILL NOS09629 

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03/30/2026REFERRED TO CODES

05/18/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1411

06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A1962B

&nbspA01962 AMEND=B Anderson

&nbsp01/14/2025referred to codes

&nbsp01/29/2025amend (t) and recommit to codes

&nbsp01/29/2025print number 1962a

&nbsp06/06/2025amend (t) and recommit to codes

&nbsp06/06/2025print number 1962b

&nbsp06/09/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.550

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.550

&nbsp06/11/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/11/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/11/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.75

&nbsp05/13/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/13/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/13/2026REFERRED TO CODES

&nbsp06/02/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9629

&nbsp06/02/20263RD READING CAL.1411

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9629

 IN SENATE

 March 30, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Francesco's
 law"; to amend the executive law, in relation to annual reports by the
 New York state office of gun violence prevention; and providing for
 the repeal of certain provisions of the penal law relating to safely
 storing rifles, shotguns, and firearms

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Francesco's law".
 3 § 2. Section 265.45 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 371 of the
 4 laws of 2022 and subdivision 2 as amended by section 3 of part F of
 5 chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 265.45 Failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms [in the
 7 first degree].
 8 1. No person who owns or is custodian of a rifle, shotgun or firearm
 9 [who resides with an individual who: (i) is under eighteen years of age;
 10 (ii) such person knows or has reason to know is prohibited from possess-
 11 ing a rifle, shotgun or firearm pursuant to a temporary or final extreme
 12 risk protection order issued under article sixty-three-A of the civil
 13 practice law and rules or 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), (4), (8) or (9); or
 14 (iii) such person knows or has reason to know is prohibited from
 15 possessing a rifle, shotgun or firearm based on a conviction for a felo-
 16 ny or a serious offense,] shall store or otherwise leave such rifle,
 17 shotgun or firearm out of [his or her] such person's immediate
 18 possession or control without having first securely locked such rifle,
 19 shotgun or firearm in an appropriate safe storage depository or rendered
 20 it incapable of being fired by use of a gun locking device appropriate
 21 to that weapon.
 22 2. No person shall store or otherwise leave a rifle, shotgun, or
 23 firearm out of such person's i