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Proposed New York Firearm Legislation A09433

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Establishes a waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person; requires either the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or its successor to initiate a national instant criminal background check and NICS has issued a "proceed" response to the licensee, or ten business days have elapsed since the date the licensee, seller, transferor or dealer contacted NICS to initiate a national instant criminal background check and NICS has not notified the licensee, seller, transferor or dealer that the transfer of the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such person should be denied.

Description: Establishes a waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person; requires either the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or its successor to initiate a national instant criminal background check and NICS has issued a "proceed" response to the licensee, or ten business days have elapsed since the date the licensee, seller, transferor or dealer contacted NICS to initiate a national instant criminal background check and NICS has not notified the licensee, seller, transferor or dealer that the transfer of the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such person should be denied.

Session: 2015-2016 General Assembly

Last Action: print number 9433a

Last Action Date: May 16, 2016

Companion Bill: S07596

Sponsors

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16 sponsors: Amy Paulin; Jeffrey Dinowitz; Sandra Galef; Richard Gottfried; Walter Mosley; Annette Robinson; Jo Simon; Ellen Jaffee; Michael Blake; Guillermo Linares; Earlene Hooper; David Buchwald; Thomas Abinanti; Steven Otis; Phillip Steck; James Brennan;

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 11% (16 of 150)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly May 16, 2016 amend and recommit to codes
Assembly May 16, 2016 print number 9433a
Assembly Mar 3, 2016 referred to codes
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Mar 3, 2016 state link bill text
Introduced Dec 31, 1969 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

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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