New York S 6613: Prohibits the distribution and sale of certain lasers

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S06613 Summary:

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Prohibits the distribution and sale of certain lasers.

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03/18/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6613

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 18, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to restricting the sale of
 certain lasers

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

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.80 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 240.80 Sale of a laser.
 4 1. It shall be unlawful to distribute, sell or offer for sale a laser,
 5 as defined by paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section 240.76 of
 6 this article, which exceeds one milliwatt in output power.
 7 2. This section shall not apply to lasers designed to be affixed to a
 8 firearm or to lasers used by or under the supervision of a person
 9 licensed under article one hundred thirty-one of the education law.
 10 Sale of a laser is a class A misdemeanor.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 12 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10017-01-5

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