Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check, is prohibited by federal law or is subject to a temporary or extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to article sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7983
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to restrictions on the
receipt of ammunition
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 400.03 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
3 9. Any ammunition background check required under this section shall
4 be denied if it is determined that the ammunition purchaser is prohibit-
5 ed from possessing a shotgun or rifle pursuant to this chapter,
6 subsection (g) of section 922 of Title 18 of the United States Code, or
7 a temporary or final extreme risk protection order issued under article
8 sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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