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A07566 Summary:

BILL NOA07566 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06121

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRShimsky, Seawright, Meeks, McDonald, Griffin, Reyes, Taylor, Lunsford, Kelles

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §845-f, Exec L

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Requires the preparation and dissemination of written materials regarding child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms; establishes such information shall be provided to students and/or persons in a parental relationship to such students at the beginning of each semester or quarter of the regular school year beginning on and after July 1, 2026.

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BILL NOA07566 

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04/01/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7566

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the dissem-
 ination of materials regarding child access prevention and the safe
 storage of firearms

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-f
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 845-f. Firearms; child access prevention and safe storage. 1. For
 4 the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the follow-
 5 ing meanings:
 6 a. "school district" shall mean any city school district, common
 7 school district, union free school district, central school district or
 8 central high school district;
 9 b. "notice" shall mean written information of the model content
 10 outlined in subdivision two of this section, produced in a concise,
 11 publishable format, such as a brochure, flyer, handbill, leaflet,
 12 letter, or pamphlet, that is intended to be provided directly to
 13 parents, guardians, or persons in parental relation to a student of the
 14 school, mailed to a student's last known address, emailed to a person in
 15 parental relation to a student of the school, or delivered by any other
 16 reasonable methods authorized by the division; and
 17 c. "school year" shall mean the period commencing on the first day of
 18 regular instruction and shall end on the last day of instruction.
 19 2. a. On or before July first, two thousand twenty-six, the division,
 20 in consultation with the department of health, shall develop model
 21 content for notice which shall include, at a minimum, information
 22 outlining New York's child access prevention laws and laws relating to
 23 the safe storage of firearms, including, but not limited to, sections
 24 265.45 and 265.50 of the penal law. The model content shall also include

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10216-02-5

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 1 relevant statewide resources and information related to child access
 2 prevention, the safe storage of firearms, and firearm violence
 3 prevention. The division shall produce model content in the English
 4 language and in common non-English languages spoken in the state. The
 5 division shall update, as necessary, the model content each July first
 6 thereafter.
 7 b. Such model content shall designate a section for county- and
 8 local-specific laws and regulations submitted to it by each county as
 9 outlined in subdivision three of this section. The division shall tailor
 10 the model content for each county by including in the designated section
 11 for county- and local-specific laws and regulations the county- and
 12 local-specific laws submitted to it by each county.
 13 c. The division shall publish the model content developed and updated
 14 pursuant to paragraphs a and b of this subdivision on its website.
 15 3. On or before May first, two thousand twenty-six, every county shall
 16 submit to the division all information of county- and local-specific
 17 laws and regulations related to child access prevention and the safe
 18 storage of firearms. Every county shall submit to the division any
 19 updated info