New York A 894: Creates the responsible retirement of racehorses fund; horse registration fee

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A00894 Summary:

BILL NOA00894 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBlankenbush

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COSPNSRAngelino, Brabenec, DeStefano, DiPietro, Hawley, McDonough, Miller, Smullen, Tague

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §265.00, Pen L

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Authorizes a person to pass their guns to an immediate family member through their estate.

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BILL NOA00894 

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01/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 894

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, ANGELINO, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO,
 DiPIETRO, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, MILLER, SMULLEN, TAGUE -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the transfer
 of certain weapons from an estate to an immediate member of the
 decedent's family

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 22 of section 265.00 of the
 2 penal law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (vii) any weapon legally possessed and validly registered pursuant to
 5 subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter prior to such
 6 person's death and bequeathed or passed through intestacy to an immedi-
 7 ate family member of the deceased. Such weapons shall be subject to the
 8 provisions of paragraph (h) of this subdivision. For purposes of this
 9 subparagraph, immediate family member means a child or spouse;
 10 § 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 22 of section 265.00 of the penal
 11 law, as amended by chapter 209 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
 12 as follows:
 13 (h) (i) Any weapon defined in paragraph (e) or (f) of this subdivision
 14 may only be sold to, exchanged with or disposed of to a purchaser
 15 authorized to possess such weapons or to an individual or entity outside
 16 of the state provided that any such transfer to an individual or entity
 17 outside of the state must be reported to the entity wherein the weapon
 18 is registered within seventy-two hours of such transfer. An individual
 19 who transfers any such weapon to an individual inside New York state or
 20 without complying with the provisions of this paragraph shall be guilty
 21 of a class A misdemeanor.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03306-01-5

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 1 (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (i) of this para-
 2 graph, any weapon defined in paragraph (e) or (f) of this subdivision
 3 that was legally possessed and validly registered by an individual prior
 4 to such individual's death may be transferred by the estate of such
 5 individual to one of their immediate family members. For purposes of
 6 this subparagraph, immediate family member means a child or spouse.
 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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