Assembly Bill A10331

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check and authorizes the denial of a firearm license for applicants under thirty who committed certain offenses as a juvenile

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A10331 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9389
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§380.1, 381.2 & 381.3, Fam Ct Act; amd §400.00, Pen L; amd §6342, CPLR

2023-A10331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check; authorizes the denial of a firearm license for an applicant who is under the age of thirty and who as a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for an offense which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony or serious offense.

2023-A10331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10331
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, the penal law and the civil  prac-
   tice  law and rules, in relation to allowing access to juvenile delin-
   quency records for the purposes of  a  firearm  background  check  and
   authorizing  the  denial  of a firearm license for an applicant who is
   under the age of thirty and who as a juvenile was  adjudicated  delin-
   quent for an offense which, if committed by an adult, would constitute
   a felony or serious offense
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 380.1 of the family court act,  as
 amended  by  chapter  37  of  the  laws  of  2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  where  a  finding  of
 juvenile  delinquency  has  been  entered,  upon  request,  the  records
 pertaining to such case shall be made available to the  commissioner  of
 mental  health  or  the  commissioner [of] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental
 disabilities, as appropriate; the case review panel; [and] the  attorney
 general  pursuant  to  section  10.05  of  the  mental  hygiene law; THE
 NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM IN CONNECTION  WITH  A
 BACKGROUND  CHECK  CONDUCTED  ON  A PERSON UNDER TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE
 PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 922(T)(1)(C) AND 34 U.S.C. § 40901(1); THE DIVI-
 SION OF STATE POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH A BACKGROUND CHECK CONDUCTED  ON
 A PERSON UNDER THIRTY YEARS OF AGE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW; A LICENSING OFFICER PURSUANT TO AN INVES-
 TIGATION OF AN APPLICANT WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTY FOR A LICENSE TO
 BE  ISSUED  OR  RENEWED  UNDER  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 400.00 OF THE
 PENAL LAW; AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DIRECTED BY A COURT TO CONDUCT A
 BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION  IN  A  PROCEEDING  UNDER  SECTION  SIXTY-THREE
 HUNDRED  FORTY-TWO  OF  THE  CIVIL  PRACTICE  LAW  AND RULES REGARDING A
 RESPONDENT IN SUCH PROCEEDING WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTY.
   § 2. Section 381.2 of the family court act is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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