Requires the preparation and dissemination of written materials regarding child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms; establishes such information shall be provided to students and/or persons in a parental relationship to such students at the beginning of each semester or quarter of the regular school year beginning on and after July 1, 2026.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6121
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 5, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the dissem-
ination of materials regarding child access prevention and the safe
storage of firearms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 845-f
2 to read as follows:
3 § 845-f. Firearms; child access prevention and safe storage. 1. For
4 the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the follow-
5 ing meanings:
6 a. "school district" shall mean any city school district, common
7 school district, union free school district, central school district or
8 central high school district;
9 b. "notice" shall mean written information of the model content
10 outlined in subdivision two of this section, produced in a concise,
11 publishable format, such as a brochure, flyer, handbill, leaflet,
12 letter, or pamphlet, that is intended to be provided directly to
13 parents, guardians, or persons in parental relation to a student of the
14 school, mailed to a student's last known address, emailed to a person in
15 parental relation to a student of the school, or delivered by any other
16 reasonable methods authorized by the division; and
17 c. "school year" shall mean the period commencing on the first day of
18 regular instruction and shall end on the last day of instruction.
19 2. a. On or before July first, two thousand twenty-six, the division,
20 in consultation with the department of health, shall develop model
21 content for notice which shall include, at a minimum, information
22 outlining New York's child access prevention laws and laws relating to
23 the safe storage of firearms, including, but not limited to, sections
24 265.45 and 265.50 of the penal law. The model content shall also include
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 relevant statewide resources and information related to child access
2 prevention, the safe storage of firearms, and firearm violence
3 prevention. The division shall produce model content in the English
4 language and in common non-English languages spoken in the state. The
5 division shall update, as necessary, the model content each July first
6 thereafter.
7 b. Such model content shall designate a section for county- and
8 local-specific laws and regulations submitted to it by each county as
9 outlined in subdivision three of this section. The division shall tailor
10 the model content for each county by including in the designated section
11 for county- and local-specific laws and regulations the county- and
12 local-specific laws submitted to it by each county.
13 c. The division shall publish the model content developed and updated
14 pursuant to paragraphs a and b of this subdivision on its website.
15 3. On or before May first, two thousand twenty-six, every county shall
16 submit to the division all information of county- and local-specific
17 laws and regulations related to child access prevention and the safe
18 storage of firearms. Every county shall submit to the division any
19 updated information, insofar as it exists, of county- and local-specific
20 laws related to child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms
21 each May first thereafter.
22 4. The division shall direct, beginning on July first, two thousand
23 twenty-six, all school districts and charter schools to provide notice,
24 at the beginning of the regular school year, of the model content
25 outlined in paragraphs a and b of subdivision two of this section;
26 provided, however, that if a child enrolls after the beginning of the
27 school year, notice of the model content shall be provided within one
28 week of such enrollment. Notice of the model content may be provided as
29 a single notice for multiple students living in the same household.
30 5. The division shall direct, beginning on July first, two thousand
31 twenty-six, all school districts to maintain, through their website or
32 affiliated social media presences, the model content outlined in para-
33 graphs a and b of subdivision two of this section. The model content
34 shall be updated, as necessary, pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision
35 two of this section.
36 6. Local schools, school districts, and the division are immune from
37 civil liability for any damages allegedly caused by, arising out of, or
38 relating to notice if the entity provided notice using the model content
39 provided to it by the division.
40 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
