New York A 2166: Makes it a ministerial process to amend a license to carry or possess a firearm

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A02166 Summary:

BILL NOA02166 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORManktelow

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COSPNSRAngelino, Brabenec, DeStefano, Hawley, Smullen, Walsh, Miller

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§265.00 & 400.00, Pen L

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Authorizes amendments to a license to carry or possess a firearm to be made by the filing officers or county clerk of each county, unless otherwise specified through resolution of the county's legislative body.

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BILL NOA02166 

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01/15/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2166

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MANKTELOW, ANGELINO, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY,
 SMULLEN, WALSH, MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to a license to carry or
 possess a firearm

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

 1 Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
 3 10-a. "Filing officer" means the county clerk of each county, unless
 4 otherwise specified through resolution by the county's legislative body.
 5 § 2. Subdivisions 9, 10, 13 and 14 of section 400.00 of the penal law,
 6 subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2022, subdivision
 7 10 as amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, and subdivision 14 as
 8 amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2023 are amended to read as
 9 follows:
 10 9. License: amendment. Elsewhere than in the city of New York, a
 11 person licensed to carry or possess a pistol or revolver or to purchase
 12 or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle may apply at any time to
 13 [his or her licensing] the filing officer for amendment of [his or her]
 14 such officer's license to include one or more such weapons or to cancel
 15 weapons held under license. [If granted, a] A record of the amendment
 16 describing the weapons involved shall be filed by the [licensing] filing
 17 officer in the executive department, division of state police, Albany.
 18 The superintendent of state police may authorize that such amendment be
 19 completed and transmitted to the state police in electronic form.
 20 Notification of any change of residence shall be made in writing by any
 21 licensee within ten days after such change occurs, and a record of such
 22 change shall be inscribed by such licensee on the reverse side of [his
 23 or her] such licensee's license. Elsewhere than in the city of New York,
 24 and in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, such notification shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03648-01-5

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 1 made to the executive department, division of state police, Albany, and
 2 in the city of New York to the police commissioner of that city, and in
 3 the county of Nassau to the police commissioner of that county, and in
 4 the county of Suffolk to the [licensing] filing officer of that county,
 5 who shall, within ten days after such notification shall be received by
 6 [him or her] them, give notice in writing of such change to the execu-
 7 tive department, division of state police, at Albany.
 8 10. License: expiration, certification and renewal. (a) Any license
 9 for gunsmith or dealer in firearms and, in the city of New York, any
 10 license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, issued at any time
 11 pursuant to this section or prior to the first day of July, nineteen
 12 hundred sixty-three and not limited to expire on an earlier date fixed
 13 in the license, shall, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of
 14 this subdivision, expire not more than three years after the date of
 15 issuance. In the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester, any
 16 license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, issued at any time
 17 pursuant to this section or prior to the first day of July, nineteen
 18 hundred sixty-three and not limited to expire on an earli