STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2831
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the definition of  assault
          weapon
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 22 of section  265.00  of  the
     2  penal law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    (a)  a  semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable
     5  magazine and has at least one of the following characteristics:
     6    (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
     7    (ii) [a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of
     8  the weapon;
     9    (iii)] a thumbhole stock;
    10    [(iv)] (iii) a second handgrip or a protruding grip that can  be  held
    11  by the non-trigger hand;
    12    [(v)] (iv) a bayonet mount;
    13    [(vi)]  (v)  a  flash suppressor, muzzle break, muzzle compensator, or
    14  threaded barrel designed  to  accommodate  a  flash  suppressor,  muzzle
    15  break, or muzzle compensator;
    16    [(vii)] (vi) a grenade launcher; or
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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