Assembly Bill A659

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Creates the offense of operating as a major firearms trafficker

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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-A659 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1922
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §265.46, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10173, S7470
2017-2018: A360, S4385
2019-2020: A674, S6649
2023-2024: A4229, S6302

2021-A659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the class A-I felony of operating as a major firearms trafficker.

2021-A659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    659
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DICKENS, TAYLOR -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to creating the offense of
   operating as a major firearms trafficker

   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 265.46 to
 read as follows:
 § 265.46 OPERATING AS A MAJOR FIREARMS TRAFFICKER.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF OPERATING AS A MAJOR  FIREARMS  TRAFFICKER  WHEN
 SUCH PERSON:
   (1)  UNLAWFULLY  SELLS,  EXCHANGES,  GIVES  OR  DISPOSES OF TO ANOTHER
 PERSON OR PERSONS A TOTAL OF TWENTY OR MORE FIREARMS IN A PERIOD OF  NOT
 MORE THAN ONE YEAR; OR
   (2) UNLAWFULLY POSSESSES WITH INTENT TO SELL TWENTY OR MORE FIREARMS.
   OPERATING AS A MAJOR FIREARMS TRAFFICKER IS A CLASS A-I FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01891-01-1

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