Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to codes |
Jan 31, 2011 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A3936
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
-
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
-
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
-
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joseph Lentol
Felix Ortiz
Brian Kavanagh
Michelle Schimel
multi-Sponsors
William Colton
Steven Cymbrowitz
Sandy Galef
Nettie Mayersohn
2011-A3936 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A3936 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Proscribes persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms; defines "child operated firearm" to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same; makes violations a class A misdemeanor.
2011-A3936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3936 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 31, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the sale of child operated firearms THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.18 to read as follows: S 265.18 SALE OF CHILD OPERATED FIREARMS; CHILDPROOFING. 1. NO PERSON, FIRM, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN THE RETAIL BUSINESS OF SELLING RIFLES, SHOTGUNS OR FIREARMS SHALL SELL, DELIVER OR TRANSFER ANY CHILD OPERATED FIREARM TO ANOTHER PERSON. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CHILD OPERATED FIREARM" MEANS A PISTOL OR REVOLVER MANUFACTURED TWELVE MONTHS OR MORE AFTER THE EFFEC- TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION WHICH DOES NOT CONTAIN A CHILDPROOFING DEVICE OR MECHANISM INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN OF SUCH PISTOL OR REVOLVER TO EFFECTIVELY PRECLUDE AN AVERAGE FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD FROM OPERATING THE PISTOL OR REVOLVER. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH SUCH GUN MANUFACTURERS AS SUCH SUPERINTENDENT DEEMS APPROPRIATE, ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILDPROOFING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS TO ENSURE THAT SUCH CHILDPROOFING DEVICES OR MECH- ANISMS ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. 4. ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00233-02-1
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.