New York Senate Bill 803 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES
Pending: Senate Codes Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibits persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms; defines "child operated firearm" to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same; makes violations a class A misdemeanor.

Prohibits persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms; defines "child operated firearm" to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same; makes violations a class A misdemeanor.

Sen. Jose Serrano [D]

Sen. Jamaal Bailey [D]

Sen. Liz Krueger [D]

Sen. James Sanders [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO CODES
2023-01-06	Senate	REFERRED TO CODES

A04271 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S803
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S00803&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S00803