STATE OF NEW YORK
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Cal. No. 865
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 22, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the purchase and disposal
of firearms, rifles and shotguns
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 265.17 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1
2 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 265.17 Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon.
4 A person is guilty of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon when:
5 1. Knowing that he or she is prohibited by law from possessing a
6 firearm, rifle or shotgun because of a prior conviction or because of
7 some other disability which would render him or her ineligible to
8 lawfully possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun in this state, or knowing
9 that he or she is the subject of an outstanding warrant of arrest issued
10 upon the alleged commission of a felony or serious offense, such person
11 purchases or otherwise acquires a firearm, rifle or shotgun from another
12 person; or
13 2. Knowing that it would be unlawful for another person to possess a
14 firearm, rifle or shotgun, or knowing that another person is the subject
15 of an outstanding warrant of arrest issued upon the alleged commission
16 of a felony or serious offense, he or she purchases or otherwise
17 acquires a firearm, rifle or shotgun for, on behalf of, or for the use
18 of such other person; or
19 3. Knowing that another person is prohibited by law from possessing a
20 firearm, rifle or shotgun because of a prior conviction or because of
21 some other disability which would render him or her ineligible to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 lawfully possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun in this state, or knowing
2 that another person is the subject of an outstanding warrant of arrest
3 issued upon the alleged commission of a felony or serious offense, a
4 person disposes of a firearm, rifle or shotgun to such other person.
5 Criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon is a class D felony.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
