Proposed New York Firearm Legislation A05087
Legislation Overview
Title: Authorizes the transfer of certain weapons from an estate to an immediate member of the decedent's family; expands definition of immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the sale or disposal of certain firearms; relates to the filing of approved applications for licenses for the possession of firearms; exempts certain large capacity ammunition feeding devices from certain requirements of the penal law; repeals provisions of law prohibiting the possession of certain large capacity ammunition feeding devices; and repeals provisions of law relating to certain requirements for the sellers of ammunition.
Description: Authorizes the transfer of certain weapons from an estate to an immediate member of the decedent's family; expands definition of immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the sale or disposal of certain firearms; relates to the filing of approved applications for licenses for the possession of firearms; exempts certain large capacity ammunition feeding devices from certain requirements of the penal law; repeals provisions of law prohibiting the possession of certain large capacity ammunition feeding devices; and repeals provisions of law relating to certain requirements for the sellers of ammunition.
Session: 2019-2020 General Assembly
Last Action: held for consideration in codes
Last Action Date: July 17, 2020
Companion Bill: S00862
Sponsors
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8 sponsors: David DiPietro (R); Angelo Morinello (R); John Salka (R); Peter Lawrence (R); Joseph DeStefano (R); Robert Smullen (R); Marjorie Byrnes (R); Christopher Tague (R);
Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 5% (8 of 150)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Assembly | Jul 17, 2020 | held for consideration in codes |
| Assembly | Jan 8, 2020 | referred to codes |
| Assembly | Feb 7, 2019 | referred to codes |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 7, 2019 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Assembly Codes Committee: Held for Consideration | 07/17/2020 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
