New York S 227: Relates to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms

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S00227 Summary:

BILL NOS00227A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01777-A

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRCLEARE, FAHY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§265.10 & 265.00, Pen L; amd §700.05, CP L

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Relates to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms; provides that a person who intentionally sells, distributes, or disposes of a three-dimensional printed firearm is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

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BILL NOS00227A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

03/11/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

03/11/2025PRINT NUMBER 227A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 227--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, CLEARE, FAHY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM,
 SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in
 relation to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms

 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 265.10 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2024, is amended and a new subdi-
 3 vision 10 is added to read as follows:
 4 1. Any person who manufactures or causes to be manufactured any
 5 machine-gun, assault weapon, large capacity ammunition feeding device,
 6 ghost gun, unfinished frame or receiver, firearm silencer, magazine, or
 7 major component of a firearm, rifle or shotgun or disguised gun is guil-
 8 ty of a class D felony. Any person who manufactures or causes to be
 9 manufactured any rapid-fire modification device is guilty of a class E
 10 felony. Any person who manufactures or causes to be manufactured any
 11 switchblade knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal knuckle knife, undetect-
 12 able knife, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, plastic knuckles, metal knuck-
 13 les, throwing star, chuka stick, sandbag, sandclub or slungshot is guil-
 14 ty of a class A misdemeanor.
 15 10. Any person who intentionally sells, distributes, or disposes of,
 16 by any means, including via the internet, digital instructions in the
 17 form of computer-aided design files, standard triangle/tessellation
 18 language files, or other code or instructions that may be used to
 19 program a three-dimensional printer to manufacture or produce any
 20 machine-gun, assault weapon, large capacity ammunition feeding device,
 21 disguised gun, ghost gun, unfinished frame or receiver, firearm silenc-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00770-03-5

 S. 227--A 2

 1 er, magazine, rapid-fire modification device or major component of a
 2 firearm, rifle or shotgun, to a person in New York who is not registered
 3 or licensed as a gunsmith as provided for in section 400.00 of this
 4 chapter with a Type 7 Federal Firearms License, is guilty of a class A
 5 misdemeanor.
 6 § 2. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 7 vision 37 to read as follows:
 8 37. "Three-dimensional printer" means a computer or computer-driven
 9 machine or device capable of producing a three-dimensional object from a
 10 digital model.
 11 § 3. Subdivision 8 of section 700.05 of the criminal procedure law is
 12 amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
 13 (w) Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons and
 14 dangerous instruments and appliances as provided in subdivision ten of
 15 section 265.10 of the penal law.
 16 § 4. Severability. If any provision of this act, or any application of
 17 any provision of this act, is held to be invalid, that shall not affect
 18 the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act, or of
 19 any other application of any provision of this act, which can be given
 20 effect without th