Bill Text: NY S00539 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Expands the definition of immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the sale or disposal of certain firearms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S00539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00539-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           539
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  expanding  the
          definition  of  immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and
          grandchildren as such term relates to the private sale or disposal  of
          certain 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 898 of the general  business  law,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  1  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and feder-
     5  al law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles  or  shot-
     6  guns  shall  be  conducted  in  accordance with this section unless such
     7  sale, exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer, licensed
     8  manufacturer or licensed dealer, as those terms are defined in 18 USC  §
     9  [922] 921, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to
    10  that  person's  federal  firearms  license  or  such  sale,  exchange or
    11  disposal is between members of an immediate family. For purposes of this
    12  section, "immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, chil-
    13  dren and step-children, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02692-01-9
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