NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4947

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to consumer protection
Feb 19, 2021	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- Apr 26, 2021 - Consumer Protection Committee Vote
  S4947
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Consumer Protection Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2021
      
      aye (6)
      
      Gounardes
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mattera
      
      Myrie
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Tedisco

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 39-H §§899-aaaa - 899-cccc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7113
2015-2016: S1391
2017-2018: S2831
2019-2020: S4886
2023-2024: S6035

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the manufacturing of firearms; requires any firearm manufactured by a three-dimensional printer to contain a unique identifying number and to be registered with the state police.

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4947

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufacture
of firearms

 
PURPOSE:

Provides for a amendment to the general business law that would require
any firearm manufactured by a three-dimensional printer to contain a
unique identifying number

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the general business law by adding three new sections
899-aaaa, 899-bbbb, and 899-cccc.

Section 899-aaaa requires any person manufacturing firearms, using
three-dimensional printers, to inscribe each firearm with a unique iden-

tifying number. Additionally requires parties manufacturing such
firearms within the city of New York or Nassau and Suffolk counties to
register such firearm with the licensing officer.

Section 899-bbbb establishes that no one other than a gunsmith licensed
pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law shall manufacture firearms
using three-dimensional printers.

Section 899-cccc requires that any gunsmith manufacturing firearms using
three-dimensional printers, shall maintain detailed records of all
firearms created and any that are subsequently transferred.

Section 2: Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Digital manufacturing technologies, including computer numerical control
mills, 3-dimensional printers and laser cutting machines, are quickly
advancing so that they may soon be used to fabricate fully operational
firearm components.

In 2013, a blueprint and instructions for the manufacturer of a three-
dimensional gun called "The Liberator" was posted online, prompting the
U.S. State Department to shut down the site
(http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/09/politics/3-d-guns/). Before the site was
shut down the instructions were downloaded by at least one million
people on several different file-sharing sites and by an unknown number
of people on international servers. As a result, there may be private
citizens who could gather the necessary materials and manufacture these
firearms for personal use. This legislation would protect the safety of
New Yorkers by making it illegal for anyone to use three-dimensional
printers for the purposes of manufacturing firearms, unless they are
appropriately licensed as a gunsmith. As an additional measure, this
bill would also require that any firearms that are manufactured using
the technology be inscribed with unique identifying number.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.4886 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
2017-18: S.2831 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
2015-16: S.1391 - Referred to Consumer Protection
2013-14: S.7113 - Referred to Consumer Protection

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4947
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufacture
   of firearms
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 39-H to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 39-H
                         MANUFACTURERS OF FIREARMS
 SECTION 899-AAAA. IDENTIFICATION OF FIREARMS.
         899-BBBB. MANUFACTURE OF FIREARMS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINT-
                ERS.
         899-CCCC. RECORD KEEPING.
   §  899-AAAA.  IDENTIFICATION OF FIREARMS. ANY PERSON WHO HOLDS A VALID
 GUNSMITH LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL  LAW,  AND  WHO
 MANUFACTURES  ANY FIREARM USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTERS, SHALL ENSURE
 THAT EACH MANUFACTURED FIREARM SHALL BE INSCRIBED WITH A UNIQUE  IDENTI-
 FYING  NUMBER,  AND  THAT  EACH SUCH NUMBER SHALL BE REGISTERED WITH THE
 DIVISION OF STATE POLICE. ANY GUNSMITH LOCATED IN THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK
 OR  THE  COUNTIES  OF  NASSAU OR SUFFOLK SHALL ALSO REGISTER THE FIREARM
 WITH THE LICENSING OFFICER IN SUCH CITY OR COUNTY.
   § 899-BBBB. MANUFACTURE OF FIREARMS USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL  PRINTERS.
 NO  PERSON  SHALL USE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER TO CREATE ANY FIREARM,
 RIFLE, OR SHOTGUN, OR ANY PIECE OR PART THEREOF, UNLESS SUCH PERSON  HAS
 A  VALID GUNSMITH LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL
 LAW. ANY PERSON USING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER TO CREATE ANY FIREARM,
 RIFLE, SHOTGUN, OR PIECE OR PART THEREOF, MUST ENSURE THAT SUCH CREATION
 COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL  LAWS  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09326-01-1

 S. 4947                             2
 
   §  899-CCCC.  RECORD  KEEPING.  ANY  GUNSMITH WHO CREATES ANY FIREARM,
 RIFLE, SHOTGUN, OR PIECE OR PART THEREOF USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL  PRINT-
 ERS,  SHALL  MAINTAIN  A  DETAILED  AND  ACCURATE  RECORD  OF  EACH SUCH
 CREATION, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE  FIREARM,  RIFLE,  SHOTGUN,  OR
 PIECE  OR PART THEREOF, THE DATE OF ITS CREATION, THE UNIQUE IDENTIFYING
 NUMBER REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT  HUNDRED  NINETY-NINE-AAAA  OF
 THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY PERSON OR FIRM TO WHOM THE ITEM WAS TRANSFERRED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

Apr 26, 2021 - Consumer Protection Committee Vote

Consumer Protection Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2021

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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