Assembly Bill A4051

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes a person to pass his or her guns to an immediate family member through his or her estate

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  • 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

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2021-A4051 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5951
2015-2016: A3730
2017-2018: A6941
2019-2020: A5092
2023-2024: A1553

2021-A4051 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a person to pass his or her guns to an immediate family member through his or her estate.

2021-A4051 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4051
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing  the  transfer
   of  certain  weapons  from  an  estate  to  an immediate member of the
   decedent's family
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (g) of subdivision 22 of section 265.00 of the
 penal law is amended by adding a  new  subparagraph  (vii)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (VII)  ANY WEAPON LEGALLY POSSESSED AND VALIDLY REGISTERED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN-A OF SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER  PRIOR  TO  SUCH
 PERSON'S  DEATH AND BEQUEATHED OR PASSED THROUGH INTESTACY TO AN IMMEDI-
 ATE FAMILY MEMBER OF THE DECEASED. SUCH WEAPONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH  (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SUBPARAGRAPH, IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER MEANS A CHILD OR SPOUSE;
   § 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 22 of section 265.00  of  the  penal
 law,  as  added  by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (h) (I) Any weapon defined in paragraph (e) or (f) of this subdivision
 and any large  capacity  ammunition  feeding  device  that  was  legally
 possessed  by  an individual prior to the enactment of [the] chapter ONE
 of the laws of two thousand thirteen [which added this  paragraph],  may
 only be sold to, exchanged with or disposed of to a purchaser authorized
 to  possess  such  weapons  or to an individual or entity outside of the
 state provided that any such transfer to an individual or entity outside
 of the state must be reported to the entity wherein the weapon is regis-
 tered within seventy-two hours  of  such  transfer.  An  individual  who
 transfers  any  such  weapon  or  large capacity ammunition device to an
 individual  inside  New  York  state  or  without  complying  with   the
 provisions  of  this  paragraph shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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