Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Jan 13, 2017 |
print number 1209a |
Jan 13, 2017 |
amend and recommit to environmental conservation |
Jan 06, 2017 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S1209A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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
Bill Amendments
2017-S1209 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5300
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §11-0931, En Con L; amd §§265.00 & 265.02, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020:
S287
2021-2022: S3196
2023-2024: S696
2017-S1209 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1209 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the penal law in relation to removing prohibition on possession and use of firearm silencers PURPOSE: : This legislation would allow for the legal possession of firearm suppressors. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: : Section 1 allows for the use of firearm suppressors for the use of hunting. Section 2 allows for the possession of a firearm suppressor. Section 3 allows for the transportation of firearm suppressors. Section 4 allows for the presence of a suppressor in an automobile. Section 5 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: :
2017-S1209 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1209 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the penal law in relation to removing prohibition on possession and use of firearm silencers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0931 of the environmental conservation law, the opening paragraph and subparagraph 1 of paragraph c as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 1. No person except a law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties shall use in hunting or possess in the fields or forests or on the waters of the state for any purpose: a. [the apparatus known as a silencer; b.] any automatic firearm, or any firearm which has been converted to an automatic type, or any firearm which has a built-in mechanical adjustment which will permit it to function as an automatic arm; or [c.] B. any auto-loading firearm of a construction to contain more than six shells in the magazine and chamber combined, except (1) such a firearm using twenty-two caliber rim-fire ammunition, or (2) such a firearm which has been altered so as to reduce its capacity to not more than six shells at one time in the magazine and chamber combined, or (3) an auto-loading pistol having a barrel less than eight inches in length. [d. An] C. AN automatic firearm is defined as one which will continue to fire as long as the trigger is held back. An auto-loading firearm is defined as one which reloads itself after each shot and requires that the trigger be pulled back for each shot. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04902-01-7
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
2017-S1209A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5300
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §11-0931, En Con L; amd §§265.00 & 265.02, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
S287
2021-2022: S3196
2023-2024: S696
2017-S1209A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1209A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the penal law in relation to removing prohibition on possession and use of firearm silencers PURPOSE : This legislation would allow for the legal possession of firearm suppressors. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 allows for the use of firearm suppressors for the use of hunting. Section 2 allows for the possession of a firearm suppressor. Section 3 clarifies that a firearm suppressor may use such device for hunting. Section 4 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Currently 42 states allow for the legal possession of a suppressor. Of
2017-S1209A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1209--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the penal law in relation to removing prohibition on possession and use of firearm silencers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0931 of the environmental conservation law, the opening paragraph and subparagraph 1 of paragraph c as amended by chapter 135 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 1. No person except a law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties shall use in hunting or possess in the fields or forests or on the waters of the state for any purpose: a. [the apparatus known as a silencer; b.] any automatic firearm, or any firearm which has been converted to an automatic type, or any firearm which has a built-in mechanical adjustment which will permit it to function as an automatic arm; or [c.] B. any auto-loading firearm of a construction to contain more than six shells in the magazine and chamber combined, except (1) such a firearm using twenty-two caliber rim-fire ammunition, or (2) such a firearm which has been altered so as to reduce its capacity to not more than six shells at one time in the magazine and chamber combined, or (3) an auto-loading pistol having a barrel less than eight inches in length. [d. An] C. AN automatic firearm is defined as one which will continue to fire as long as the trigger is held back. An auto-loading firearm is EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04902-02-7
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