New York A 6921: Relates to removing the prohibition on firearm silencers

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A06921 Summary:

BILL NOA06921 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02099

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SPONSORDiPietro

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COSPNSR

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BILL NOA06921 

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03/18/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6921

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the penal law, in
 relation to removing prohibition on possession and use of firearm
 silencers

 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 11-0931 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, the opening paragraph and subparagraph 1 of paragraph
 3 c as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 1. No person except a law enforcement officer in the performance of
 6 [his] their official duties shall use in hunting or possess in the
 7 fields or forests or on the waters of the state for any purpose:
 8 a. [the apparatus known as a silencer;
 9 b.] any automatic firearm, or any firearm which has been converted to
 10 an automatic type, or any firearm which has a built-in mechanical
 11 adjustment which will permit it to function as an automatic arm; or
 12 [c.] b. any auto-loading firearm of a construction to contain more
 13 than six shells in the magazine and chamber combined, except
 14 (1) such a firearm using twenty-two caliber rim-fire ammunition, or
 15 (2) such a firearm which has been altered so as to reduce its capacity
 16 to not more than six shells at one time in the magazine and chamber
 17 combined, or
 18 (3) an auto-loading pistol having a barrel less than eight inches in
 19 length.
 20 [d. An] c. an automatic firearm is defined as one which will continue
 21 to fire as long as the trigger is held back. An auto-loading firearm is
 22 defined as one which reloads itself after each shot and requires that
 23 the trigger be pulled back for each shot.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03094-01-5

 A. 6921 2

 1 § 2. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 22 of section 265.00 of the
 2 penal law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, are amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (a) a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable
 5 magazine and has at least one of the following characteristics:
 6 (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
 7 (ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of
 8 the weapon;
 9 (iii) a thumbhole stock;
 10 (iv) a second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the
 11 non-trigger hand;
 12 (v) a bayonet mount;
 13 (vi) [a flash suppressor, muzzle break, muzzle compensator, or thread-
 14 ed barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor, muzzle break, or
 15 muzzle compensator;
 16 (vii)] a grenade launcher; or
 17 (c) a semiautomatic pistol that has an ability to accept a detachable
 18 magazine and has at least one of the following characteristics:
 19 (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
 20 (ii) a thumbhole stock;
 21 (iii) a second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the
 22 non-trigger hand;
 23 (iv) capacity to accept an ammunition magazine that attaches to the
 24 pistol outside of the pistol grip;
 25 (v) [a threaded barrel capable of accepting a barrel extender, flash
 26 suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer;
 27 (vi)] a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encir-
 28 cles, the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the firearm with
 29 the non-trigger hand without being burned;
 30 [(vii)] (vi) a manufactured weight o