Senate Bill S7226

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition

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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-S7226 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00, 265.10 & 265.15, add §§265.38 & 265.39, Pen L

2021-S7226 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition; establishes fines for violations of this requirement; provides for an affirmative defense if the dealer had a certification from the manufacturer.

2021-S7226 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7226 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7226
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  requiring  semiautomatic
   pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state
   to be capable of microstamping ammunition

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended  by  adding  two
 new subdivisions 32 and 33 to read as follows:
   32.  "MICROSTAMP-READY",  WHEN  USED WITH REFERENCE TO A SEMIAUTOMATIC
 PISTOL, MEANS THAT SUCH PISTOL  IS  MANUFACTURED  TO  PRODUCE  A  UNIQUE
 ALPHA-NUMERIC  OR  GEOMETRIC  CODE  ON  AT  LEAST  ONE  LOCATION ON EACH
 EXPENDED CARTRIDGE CASE THAT IDENTIFIES  THE  MAKE,  MODEL,  AND  SERIAL
 NUMBER OF THE PISTOL.
   33.  "MICROSTAMPING  COMPONENT OR MECHANISM", WHEN USED WITH REFERENCE
 TO A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL, MEANS A COMPONENT OR MECHANISM OF SUCH PISTOL
 DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO PRODUCE A  UNIQUE  ALPHA-NUMERIC  OR  GEOMETRIC
 CODE ON AN EXPENDED CARTRIDGE THAT IDENTIFIES THE MAKE, MODEL, AND SERI-
 AL NUMBER OF THE PISTOL.
   §  2.  Subdivision 6 of section 265.10 of the penal law, as amended by
 chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   6. (A) Any person who wilfully defaces any machine-gun, large capacity
 ammunition feeding device or firearm, INCLUDING DEFACING A MICROSTAMPING
 COMPONENT OR MECHANISM OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL, is guilty of a class D
 felony.
   (B) ANY DEALER IN FIREARMS LICENSED UNDER SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAP-
 TER WHO SELLS, OFFERS FOR SALE, EXCHANGES, GIVES, TRANSFERS OR  DELIVERS
 A  SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL, KNOWING THAT A MICROSTAMPING COMPONENT OR MECH-
 ANISM OF SUCH PISTOL HAS BEEN DEFACED, IS GUILTY OF A CLASS A  MISDEMEA-
 NOR.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, DEFACING A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL
 DOES NOT INCLUDE (1) MODIFYING  A  SEMIAUTOMATIC  PISTOL  TO  RENDER  IT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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