New York A 2105: Relates to the filing of approved applications for licenses for the possession of firearms

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A02105 Summary:

BILL NOA02105 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDiPietro

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §400.00, Pen L

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Provides for the confidentiality of applications for licenses for the possession of firearms.

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BILL NOA02105 

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01/15/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2105

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the filing of approved
 applications for licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of
 firearms

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 400.00 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, subparagraph (iii) of para-
 3 graph (e) as amended by chapter 244 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 4 read as follows:
 5 5. Filing of approved applications. [(a)] The application for any
 6 license, if granted, shall be filed by the licensing officer with the
 7 clerk of the county of issuance, except that in the city of New York
 8 and, in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the licensing officer shall
 9 designate the place of filing in the appropriate division, bureau or
 10 unit of the police department thereof, and in the county of Suffolk the
 11 county clerk is hereby authorized to transfer all records or applica-
 12 tions relating to firearms to the licensing authority of that county.
 13 [Except as provided in paragraphs (b) through (f) of this subdivision,
 14 the name and address] The application and any supporting records,
 15 including any information contained therein, of any person to whom an
 16 application for any license has been granted shall not be a public
 17 record and shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to article six of
 18 the public officers law. Upon application by a licensee who has changed
 19 [his] their place of residence such records or applications shall be
 20 transferred to the appropriate officer at the licensee's new place of
 21 residence. A duplicate copy of such application shall be filed by the
 22 licensing officer in the executive department, division of state police,
 23 Albany, within ten days after issuance of the license. The superinten-
 24 dent of state police may designate that such application shall be trans-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05675-01-5

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 1 mitted to the division of state police electronically. In the event the
 2 superintendent of the division of state police determines that it lacks
 3 any of the records required to be filed with the division, it may
 4 request that such records be provided to it by the appropriate clerk,
 5 department or authority and such clerk, department or authority shall
 6 provide the division with such records. In the event such clerk, depart-
 7 ment or authority lacks such records, the division may request the
 8 license holder provide information sufficient to constitute such record
 9 and such license holder shall provide the division with such informa-
 10 tion. Such information shall be limited to the license holder's name,
 11 date of birth, gender, race, residential address, social security number
 12 and firearms possessed by said license holder. Nothing in this subdivi-
 13 sion shall be construed to change the expiration date or term of such
 14 licenses if otherwise provided for in law. Records assembled or
 15 collected for purposes of inclusion in the database established by this
 16 section shall be released pursuant to a court order. Records assembled
 17 or collected for purposes of inclusion in the database created pursuant
 18 to section 400.02 of this [chapter] article shall not be subject to
 19 disclosure pursuant to article six of the public officers law.
 20 [(b) Each application for a license pursuant to paragraph (a) of this