Assembly Bill A332

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the surrender of antique firearms, black powder rifles, black powder shotguns, or muzzle-loading firearms following certain convictions

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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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2025-A332 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7291
2017-2018: A2414
2019-2020: A418
2021-2022: A3926
2023-2024: A949

2025-A332 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the surrender of antique firearms, black powder rifles, black powder shotguns, or muzzle-loading firearms following a conviction for a felony or serious offense or following a report pursuant to section 9.46 of the mental hygiene law.

2025-A332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    332
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to the surrender of antique
   firearms, black powder rifles, black powder shotguns, or  muzzle-load-
   ing firearms following certain convictions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 11 of section 400.00  of  the
 penal  law,  as  added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (c) In any instance in  which  a  person's  license  is  suspended  or
 revoked  under  paragraph  (a)  or  (b) of this subdivision, such person
 shall surrender such license to the appropriate licensing  official  and
 any  and all firearms, rifles, [or] shotguns,  ANTIQUE  FIREARMS,  BLACK
 POWDER RIFLES, BLACK POWDER SHOTGUNS, OR MUZZLE-LOADING FIREARMS,  owned
 or  possessed  by such person shall be surrendered to an appropriate law
 enforcement agency as provided in subparagraph (f) of paragraph  one  of
 subdivision  a  of  section  265.20  of  this chapter. In the event such
 license, firearm, shotgun, [or] rifle,  ANTIQUE  FIREARM,  BLACK  POWDER
 RIFLE,  BLACK  POWDER  SHOTGUN, OR MUZZLE-LOADING FIREARM is not surren-
 dered, such items shall be removed  and  declared  a  nuisance  and  any
 police  officer  or  peace  officer acting pursuant to [his or her] SUCH
 OFFICER'S special duties is authorized to remove any and all such  weap-
 ons.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately, and shall apply to
 suspensions or revocations of licenses on or after such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01059-01-5

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