New York S 3383: Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms; repealer

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S03383 Summary:

BILL NOS03383 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10337

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SPONSORGRIFFO

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, GALLIVAN, HELMING, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, STEC, WALCZYK, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§400.00, 400.02, 400.03, 265.45, 270.20, 270.21, 270.22 & 265.00, rpld §§265.01-e, 265.01-d, 400.30 &
400.06, §265.20 sub a ¶3-a, §400.00 sub 19, Pen L; rpld §837 sub 23, §§235 & 228, amd §144-a, Exec L; amd
§§396-eee, 898 & 896, Gen Bus L; rpld §99-pp, St Fin L; rpld §19, Chap 371 of 2022

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Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms.

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BILL NOS03383 

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3383

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN, HELMING, OBERACKER,
 PALUMBO, STEC, WALCZYK, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the general business law and the execu-
 tive law, in relation to licensing and other provisions relating to
 firearms; and to repeal certain provisions of the penal law, the exec-
 utive law, the general business law, the state finance law and chapter
 371 of the laws of 2022 amending the penal law and other laws relating
 to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms, relating ther-
 eto

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

 1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivisions 1, 1-a, 1-b, 2, 4-a,
 2 4-b, 4-c, 10 and 11 of section 400.00 of the penal law, as amended by
 3 chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, subdivision 1 as separately amended by
 4 chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 5 [Licensing and other provisions relating to] Licenses to carry, possess,
 6 repair and dispose of firearms.
 7 1. Eligibility. No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this
 8 section except by the licensing officer, and then only after investi-
 9 gation and finding that all statements in a proper application for a
 10 license are true. No license shall be issued or renewed except for an
 11 applicant (a) twenty-one years of age or older, provided, however, that
 12 where such applicant has been honorably discharged from the United
 13 States army, navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard, or the
 14 national guard of the state of New York, no such age restriction shall
 15 apply; (b) of good moral character[, which, for the purposes of this
 16 article, shall mean having the essential character, temperament and
 17 judgement necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in
 18 a manner that does not endanger oneself or others]; (c) who has not been
 19 convicted anywhere of a felony or a serious offense or who is not the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06780-01-5

 S. 3383 2

 1 subject of an outstanding warrant of arrest issued upon the alleged
 2 commission of a felony or serious offense; (d) who is not a fugitive
 3 from justice; (e) who is not an unlawful user of or addicted to any
 4 controlled substance as defined in section 21 U.S.C. 802; (f) who being
 5 a noncitizen (i) is not illegally or unlawfully in the United States or
 6 (ii) has not been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant
 7 visa subject to the exception in 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(2); (g) who has not
 8 been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions; (h)
 9 who, having been a citizen of the United States, has not renounced [his
 10 or her] their citizenship; (i) who has stated whether [he or she has]
 11 they have ever suffered any mental illness; (j) who has not been invol-
 12 untarily committed to a facility under the jurisdiction of an office of
 13 the department of mental hygiene pursuant to article nine or fifteen of
 14 the mental hygiene law, article seven hundred thirty or section 330.20
 15 of th