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A10701 Summary:

BILL NOA10701A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09215-A

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SPONSORRomero

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§871, 399-r, 898-a & 898-b, Gen Bus L

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Relates to certain types of imitation guns, including air rifles, pellet guns, and "B-B" guns.

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BILL NOA10701A

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03/20/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

05/14/2026amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

05/14/2026print number 10701a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10701--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 20, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to certain types
 of imitation guns

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 871 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 73 of the
 3 laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
 4 "Imitation weapon" means any device or object, including an air rifle,
 5 pellet gun, or "B-B" gun, made of plastic, wood, metal or any other
 6 material which substantially duplicates or can reasonably be perceived
 7 to be an actual firearm[, air rifle, pellet gun, or "B-B" gun]; unless
 8 such imitation weapon:
 9 (b) has a barrel that is closed for a distance of not less than one-
 10 half inch from the front-end of its barrel with the same material of
 11 which the imitation weapon is made, unless it is a water gun, air gun,
 12 air rifle, pellet gun, or "B-B" gun; and
 13 § 2. Section 399-r of the general business law, as added by chapter
 14 120 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
 15 § 399-r. Sale of paint pellet guns or other types of air guns.(a) No
 16 person, firm, or corporation shall sell or offer to sell a paint pellet
 17 gun or other types of air guns to any person under [sixteen] eighteen
 18 years of age.
 19 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "paint pellet gun"
 20 means a gun, air gun, pistol, rifle, or like device in appearance or
 21 function, capable of and designed for discharging and propelling through
 22 the air to a target a small quantity of paint enclosed within a pellet
 23 or pellet-like device or capsule or capsule-like device that breaks upon
 24 impact with the target, overspreading the target with paint.
 25 (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "other type of air
 26 gun" means any implement that expels a missile or projectile by the
 27 force of a spring, air, or other non-ignited compressed gas.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01482-06-6

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 1 (d) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates the provisions of
 2 this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than [five
 3 hundred] one thousand dollars for each violation.
 4 § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 898-a of the general business
 5 law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2024, and
 6 subdivision 4 as added by chapter 237 of the laws of 2021, are amended
 7 and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
 8 2. "Reasonable controls and procedures" shall mean policies that
 9 include, but are not limited to: (a) instituting screening, security,
 10 inventory and other business practices to prevent thefts of qualified
 11 products as well as sales of qualified products to straw purchasers,
 12 traffickers, persons prohibited from possessing firearms under state or
 13 federal law, or persons at risk of injuring themselves or others; (b)
 14 preventing deceptive acts and practices and false advertising and other-
 15 wise ensuring compliance with all provisions of article twenty-two-A of
 16 this chapter; [and] (c) taking reasonable steps to prevent the installa-
 17 tion and use of a pistol converter, as defined in sectio