New York A 7810: Establishes a private cause of action for certain violations regarding machine-guns, assault weapons, disguised guns, ghost guns, and unfinished frames or receivers

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A07810 Summary:

BILL NOA07810 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06403

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SPONSORWalker

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 39-DDDDD §§898-j - 898-s, amd §898-n, Gen Bus L; add §8111, CPLR

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Establishes a private cause of action for certain violations regarding machine-guns, assault weapons, disguised guns, ghost guns, and unfinished frames or receivers.

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BILL NOA07810 

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04/11/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7810

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the civil practice law and
 rules, in relation to establishing a private cause of action for
 certain violations regarding machine-guns, assault weapons, disguised
 guns, ghost guns, and unfinished frames or receivers

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 2 39-DDDDD to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 39-DDDDD
 4 MACHINE-GUNS, ASSAULT WEAPONS, DISGUISED GUNS, GHOST GUNS AND UNFINISHED
 5 FRAMES OR RECEIVERS
 6 Section 898-j. Definitions.
 7 898-k. Prohibitions.
 8 898-l. Exceptions.
 9 898-m. Enforcement.
 10 898-n. Private cause of action.
 11 898-o. Defenses.
 12 898-p. Construction.
 13 898-q. Venue.
 14 898-r. Sovereign immunity.
 15 898-s. Severability.
 16 § 898-j. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
 17 shall have the following meanings:
 18 1. "Assault weapon" shall have the same meaning as defined in section
 19 265.00 of the penal law.
 20 2. "Disguised gun" shall have the same meaning as defined in section
 21 265.00 of the penal law.
 22 3. "Ghost gun" shall have the same meaning as defined in section
 23 265.00 of the penal law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06389-01-5

 A. 7810 2

 1 4. "Machine-gun" shall have the same meaning as defined in section
 2 265.00 of the penal law.
 3 5. "Unfinished frame or receiver" shall have the same meaning as
 4 defined in section 265.00 of the penal law.
 5 § 898-k. Prohibitions. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
 6 contrary, no person within the state shall manufacture or cause to be
 7 manufactured, distribute, transport, or import into the state, or cause
 8 to be distributed, transported, or imported into the state, keep for
 9 sale, offer or expose for sale, or give or lend, any machine-gun,
 10 assault weapon, disguised gun or ghost gun, except as provided in subdi-
 11 visions four and five of this section and in section eight hundred nine-
 12 ty-eight-l of this article.
 13 2. No person within the state may manufacture or cause to be manufac-
 14 tured, distribute, transport, or import into the state, or cause to be
 15 distributed or transported or imported into the state, keep for sale,
 16 offer or expose for sale, or give or lend, any unfinished frame or
 17 receiver. This subdivision shall not apply to a manufacturer or importer
 18 of firearms licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section
 19 921) of Part I of Title 18 of the United States Code, and the regu-
 20 lations issued pursuant thereto, except that the manufacturer or import-
 21 er shall not perform any of the acts prohibited by this subdivision with
 22 respect to a kit of firearm precursor parts containing all parts neces-
 23 sary to construct a functioning firearm.
 24 3. The prohibitions described in subdivisions one and two of this
 25 section apply whether or not the machine-gun, assault weapon, disguised
 26 gun, ghost gun or unfinished frame or receiver is misused or is intended
 27 to be misused in a criminal or unlawful manner.
 28 4. Subdivisions one and two of this section do not apply to the sale
 29 of a machine-gun, assault weapon, disguised gun, ghost gun or unfinished
 30 frame