New York S 3210: Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check

Status: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 3210

Sponsors: Brian Kavanagh

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S03210 Summary:

BILL NOS03210 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02396

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §380.1, Fam Ct Act

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Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check for an applicant who is under the age of twenty-two.

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3210

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to allowing access to
 juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background
 check

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 380.1 of the family court act, as
 2 amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where a finding of
 5 juvenile delinquency has been entered, upon request, the records
 6 pertaining to such case shall be made available to the commissioner of
 7 mental health or the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
 8 mental disabilities, as appropriate; the case review panel; [and] the
 9 attorney general pursuant to section 10.05 of the mental hygiene law;
 10 the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in connection with
 11 a background check conducted on a person under twenty-two years of age
 12 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)(1)(C) and 34 U.S.C. § 40901(1); and the
 13 division of state police in connection with a background check conducted
 14 on a person under twenty-two years of age pursuant to section two
 15 hundred twenty-eight of the executive law.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04799-01-5

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