STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6483--A A. 9042--A SENATE - ASSEMBLY January 19, 2016 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. QUART, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, O'DONNELL, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the definitions of a switchblade knife and a gravity knife The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 265.00 of the penal law are 2 amended to read as follows: 3 4. "Switchblade knife" means any knife which has a blade which opens 4 automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other 5 device in the handle of the knife. "Switchblade knife" does not include 6 a knife that has a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create 7 a bias toward closure and that requires exertion applied to the blade by 8 hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure and open the 9 knife. 10 5. "Gravity knife" means any knife which has a blade which is released 11 from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or the appli- 12 cation of centrifugal force which, when released, is locked in place by 13 means of a button, spring, lever or other device. "Gravity knife" does 14 not include a knife that has a spring, detent, or other mechanism, 15 including but not limited to resistance to opening designed to create a 16 bias toward closure and that requires exertion applied to the blade by 17 hand, wrist, or arm to overcome the bias toward closure and open the 18 knife. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11809-03-6