Senate Bill S5902

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires proof of liability insurance prior to issuing a license to carry a firearm

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6652
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3561
2011-2012: A3043
2013-2014: A4390
2015-2016: A6486
2017-2018: A349
2019-2020: A95
2021-2022: S7066, A581

2023-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the submission of proof of personal liability insurance prior to the issuance or renewal of a license to carry a firearm.

2023-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5902 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5902
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, JACKSON, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring proof of liabil-
   ity insurance prior to the issuance of a license to carry a firearm

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal law, as sepa-
 rately amended by chapters 371 and 669 of the laws of 2022,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   1. Eligibility. No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this
 section  except  by  the licensing officer, and then only after investi-
 gation and finding that all statements in a  proper  application  for  a
 license  are  true.  No license shall be issued or renewed except for an
 applicant (a) twenty-one years of age or older, provided, however,  that
 where  such  applicant  has  been  honorably  discharged from the United
 States army, navy, marine corps,  air  force  or  coast  guard,  or  the
 national  guard  of the state of New York, no such age restriction shall
 apply; (b) of good moral character, which,  for  the  purposes  of  this
 article,  shall  mean  having  the  essential character, temperament and
 judgement necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only  in
 a  manner that does not endanger oneself or others; (c) who has not been
 convicted anywhere of a felony or a serious offense or who  is  not  the
 subject  of  an  outstanding  warrant  of arrest issued upon the alleged
 commission of a felony or serious offense; (d) who  is  not  a  fugitive
 from  justice;  (e)  who  is  not an unlawful user of or addicted to any
 controlled substance as defined in section 21 U.S.C. 802; (f) who  being
 a  noncitizen (i) is not illegally or unlawfully in the United States or
 (ii) has not been admitted to the United  States  under  a  nonimmigrant
 visa  subject  to  the exception in 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(2); (g) who has not
 been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions; (h)
 who, having been a citizen of the United States, has not  renounced  his
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07639-01-3
              

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