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Senate Bill S3745
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S3745 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §§265.50, 265.18, 265.18-a & 265.27, amd §§60.05 & 80.00, Pen L; amd §661, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S4536
2013-2014: S1810
2017-2018: S1352
2015-S3745 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act; creates offenses of illegal gun trafficking, criminal possession of a weapon by a minor, criminal use of a weapon by a minor, and lost or stolen firearm to be reported; also amends penalties and eligibility for tuition awards by students on probation or parole for weapons convictions.
2015-S3745 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3745 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to illegal gun trafficking, criminal possession of a weapon by a minor and criminal use of a weapon by a minor, failure to report a lost or stolen firearm, and fines for gun trafficking; and to amend the education law, in relation to the eligibility for tuition awards to students on probation or parole for weapons convictions PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To enact several measures to curb illegal use and distribution of a weapon. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill establishes the short title as the "Gun Trafficking Prevention Act." Section 2 of the bill amends the penal law by adding a new section 265.50. This section defines illegal gun trafficking and sets the penalty for illegal gun trafficking as a class B felony. Section 3 of the bill adds two new sections, 265.18 and 265.18-a, to the penal law. These sections define criminal possession of a weapon by a minor and criminal use of a weapon by a minor. Criminal
2015-S3745 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3745 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 17, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to illegal gun trafficking, criminal possession of a weapon by a minor and criminal use of a weap- on by a minor, failure to report a lost or stolen firearm, and fines for gun trafficking; and to amend the education law, in relation to the eligibility for tuition awards to students on probation or parole for weapons convictions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Gun Trafficking Prevention Act". S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.50 to read as follows: S 265.50 ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING WHEN SUCH PERSON KNOW- INGLY AND INTENTIONALLY DISTRIBUTES, TRANSPORTS, SHIPS, RECEIVES, BARTERS, PURCHASES OR SELLS ANY FIREARM WHICH HAS: 1. BEEN USED DURING THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME; 2. BEEN STOLEN; 3. HAD THE IMPORTER'S OR MANUFACTURER'S SERIAL NUMBER REMOVED, OBLIT- ERATED OR ALTERED; OR 4. BEEN DEFACED. ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING IS A CLASS B FELONY. S 3. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 265.18 and 265.18-a to read as follows: S 265.18 CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A MINOR. 1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A MINOR WHEN, BEING UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, HE OR SHE POSSESSES ANY FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08713-01-5
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