Proposed New York Firearm Legislation A07771
Legislation Overview
Title: Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle; requires a person to apply for a hunting license prior to the purchase of a shotgun or rifle; establishes additional requirements for all firearms, shotguns and rifles including taking a five hour gun safety course and exam, passing a shooting range test with 90% accuracy, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, providing proof of purchase of firearm and ammunition safe storage depositories and passing a criminal background check.
Description: Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle; requires a person to apply for a hunting license prior to the purchase of a shotgun or rifle; establishes additional requirements for all firearms, shotguns and rifles including taking a five hour gun safety course and exam, passing a shooting range test with 90% accuracy, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, providing proof of purchase of firearm and ammunition safe storage depositories and passing a criminal background check.
Session: 2021-2022 General Assembly
Last Action: referred to codes
Last Action Date: January 5, 2022
Companion Bill: S03018
Sponsors
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11 sponsors: Chantel Jackson (D); Demond Meeks (D); Nathalia Fernandez (D); Khaleel Anderson (D); Stefani Zinerman (D); Steven Englebright (D); Karines Reyes (D); Jeffrey Dinowitz (D); Jo Simon (D); Kenneth Burgos (D); Rebecca Seawright (D);
Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 7% (11 of 150)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Assembly | Jan 5, 2022 | referred to codes |
| Assembly | May 21, 2021 | referred to codes |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 21, 2021 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
