New York S 399: Regulates pistol converters and convertible pistols

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S00399 Summary:

BILL NOS00399B

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SAME ASSAME AS A00199-B

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, BOTTCHER, BROUK, BYNOE, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ,
 GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MARTINS, MAY, MAYER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR,
 SANDERS, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§265.00, 265.10 & 265.20, Pen L

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Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol; directs the superintendent of the state police to publish a list of pistols that the superintendent has determined to be convertible pistols.

Go to top S00399 Actions:

BILL NOS00399B

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1247

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 399A

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

04/27/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

04/27/2026PRINT NUMBER 399B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 399--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BOTTCHER, BROUK, BYNOE,
 CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCK-
 HAM, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MARTINS, MAY, MAYER, PERSAUD, RAMOS,
 RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBB, ZELLNER -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Codes -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
 to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
 ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the regulation of pistol
 converters and convertible pistols

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 265.00 of the penal law is amended
 2 and a new subdivision 37 is added to read as follows:
 3 1. "Machine-gun" means a weapon of any description, irrespective of
 4 size, by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, from which a number of
 5 shots or bullets may be rapidly or automatically discharged from a maga-
 6 zine with one continuous pull of the trigger and includes a sub-machine
 7 gun, and also includes any convertible pistol that is equipped with a
 8 pistol converter.
 9 37. "Convertible pistol" means any semi-automatic pistol with a cruci-
 10 form trigger bar that can be readily altered by hand or with common
 11 household tools so that it can be converted into a machine-gun by the
 12 installation or attachment of a pistol converter. As used in this subdi-
 13 vision, "cruciform trigger bar" means a component in a semi-automatic
 14 pistol that serves as a linkage between the trigger and firing pin and
 15 has its sear incorporated in a cross-shaped surface and "common house-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00308-05-6

 S. 399--B 2

 1 hold tools" means screwdrivers, pipe wrenches, pliers, hacksaws, crow-
 2 bars, electric drills or rotary tools, hammers, chisels, and crescent
 3 wrenches.
 4 "Convertible pistol" does not include hammer-fired semi-automatic
 5 pistols. A tab or other piece of material on a pistol frame is not
 6 sufficient to prevent ready alteration so that the pistol can be
 7 converted into a machine-gun by the installation or attachment of a
 8 pistol converter and will not prevent such pistol from qualifying as a
 9 "convertible pistol" under this subdivision if that tab or other piece
 10 of material can be readily removed with common household tools.
 11 § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 265.10 of the penal law, as
 12 amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2024, are amended and a new subdi-
 13 vision 10 is added to read as follows:
 14 1. Any person who manu