Bill Sponsors: NY A07771 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle; requires a person to apply for a hunting license prior to the purchase of a shotgun or rifle; establishes additional requirements for all firearms, shotguns and rifles including taking a five hour gun safety course and exam, passing a shooting range test with 90% accuracy, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, providing proof of purchase of firearm and ammunition safe storage depositories and passing a criminal background check.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to codes [A07771 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Assemblymember Chantel Jackson [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-079FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Demond Meeks [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-137FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Nathalia Fernandez [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-034FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-031FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Stefani Zinerman [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-056FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Steven Englebright [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-004FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Karines Reyes [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-087FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-081FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Jo Simon [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-052FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Kenneth Burgos [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-085FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-076FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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