New York A 2396: Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check

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A02396 Summary:

BILL NOA02396 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03210

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §380.1, Fam Ct Act

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Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check for an applicant who is under the age of twenty-two.

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BILL NOA02396 

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01/16/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2396

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to allowing access to
 juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background
 check

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 380.1 of the family court act, as
 2 amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where a finding of
 5 juvenile delinquency has been entered, upon request, the records
 6 pertaining to such case shall be made available to the commissioner of
 7 mental health or the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
 8 mental disabilities, as appropriate; the case review panel; [and] the
 9 attorney general pursuant to section 10.05 of the mental hygiene law;
 10 the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in connection with
 11 a background check conducted on a person under twenty-two years of age
 12 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)(1)(C) and 34 U.S.C. § 40901(1); and the
 13 division of state police in connection with a background check conducted
 14 on a person under twenty-two years of age pursuant to section two
 15 hundred twenty-eight of the executive law.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04799-01-5

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