Senate Bill S6649

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to warnings to be posted and provided by firearms dealers

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S6649 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2882
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L

2023-S6649 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home.

2023-S6649 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6649 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6649
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 warnings to be posted  and
   provided by firearms dealers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 400.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. FIREARMS DEALERS; REQUIRED WARNINGS. (A) (I) EVERY PERSON LICENSED
 AS A GUNSMITH OR A DEALER IN FIREARMS SHALL POST THE FOLLOWING NOTICE AT
 THE SITE WHERE SUCH WEAPONS OR FIREARMS ARE SOLD, DISPLAYED OR DELIVERED
 TO  THE PURCHASER, AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE SITE AND IN AT LEAST ONE ADDI-
 TIONAL AREA WHERE SALES OCCUR, CONSPICUOUSLY STATING, IN NO SMALLER THAN
 TWENTY-SIX-POINT TYPE ON A SIGN AT LEAST EIGHT AND  ONE-HALF  BY  ELEVEN
 INCHES IN BOLD PRINT:
 
                                  WARNING
 
   ACCESS TO A WEAPON OR FIREARM IN THE HOME SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE
   RISK OF SUICIDE, DEATH DURING DOMESTIC DISPUTES, AND/OR UNINTENTIONAL
             DEATHS TO CHILDREN, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND OTHERS.
 
  IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE IS EXPERIENCING DISTRESS AND/OR DEPRESSION, CALL
             THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE AT 988.
   (II)  EVERY FIREARMS DEALER SHALL DISTRIBUTE A NOTICE TO THE PURCHASER
 AT THE TIME OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SALE OF A WEAPON OR FIREARM, CONSPICUOUS-
 LY STATING, IN NO SMALLER THAN TWENTY-SIX-POINT TYPE  AND  ON  PAPER  AT
 LEAST  EIGHT  AND  ONE-HALF BY ELEVEN INCHES IN BOLD PRINT THE FOLLOWING
 WARNING:
 
                                  WARNING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01543-01-3

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