New York A 3233: Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm

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A03233 Summary:

BILL NOA03233 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00362

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SPONSORLavine

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COSPNSRSeawright, Meeks, Dinowitz, Reyes, Alvarez, Simon, Steck, Levenberg, Schiavoni

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 39-BBB §§876 - 876-c, amd §§897 & 898, Gen Bus L; amd §§400.00 & 400.20, Pen L

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Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm; establishes violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

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BILL NOA03233 

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01/27/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3233

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, SEAWRIGHT, MEEKS, DINOWITZ -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the penal law, in relation
 to establishing a waiting period for the purchase of a firearm

 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-BBB to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 39-BBB
 4 WAITING PERIOD FOR PURCHASE OF
 5 FIREARMS
 6 Section 876. Definitions.
 7 876-a. Waiting period.
 8 876-b. Exemptions.
 9 876-c. Penalty.
 10 § 876. Definitions. As used in this section:
 11 1. "Dealer in firearms" has the same meaning as that term is defined
 12 in subdivision nine of section 265.00 of the penal law.
 13 2. "Firearm" has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivi-
 14 sion three of section 265.00 of the penal law.
 15 § 876-a. Waiting period. No dealer in firearms shall deliver any
 16 firearm, and no person shall take possession of any firearm from a deal-
 17 er in firearms unless:
 18 1. ten days have elapsed from the date such dealer initiated the
 19 national instant criminal background check of the purchaser as required
 20 by 18 U.S.C. § 922(t), after receiving a completed federal Firearms
 21 Transaction Record, Form 4473, from the purchaser; and
 22 2. such dealer has received notice that the purchaser has passed all
 23 background checks required by federal, state and local law.
 24 § 876-b. Exemptions. Section eight hundred seventy-six-a of this arti-
 25 cle shall not apply to:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01253-01-5

 A. 3233 2

 1 1. any law enforcement or correctional agency, or police officer or
 2 corrections officer acting within the course or scope of their employ-
 3 ment;
 4 2. any federal officer or employee authorized to possess or carry a
 5 firearm in the course of such officer or employee's duties, and any
 6 member of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard;
 7 3. any manufacturer, distributor or dealer of firearms when trans-
 8 ferring weapons to a manufacturer, distributor or dealer;
 9 4. any gunsmith licensed pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law,
 10 receiving a firearm for service or repair;
 11 5. any common carrier or other person engaged, in the course of its
 12 business, in the business of storing or transporting goods; and
 13 6. firearms loaned or leased solely for use as a prop in a motion
 14 picture, streaming, television, video, theatrical, or other production
 15 or event when the firearm is not loaded with ammunition and the loan or
 16 lease is made by a licensed dealer in firearms in the state of New York.
 17 Ammunition shall not include blank ammunition consisting of a charge and
 18 no projectile.
 19 § 876-c. Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of this arti-
 20 cle shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
 21 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 897 of the general business law, as
 22 amended by chapter 129 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 23 follows:
 24 1. A national instant criminal background check shall be conducted and
 25 no person shall sell or transfer a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun
 26 show, except in accordance with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(t),
 27 provided that befo