STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9573

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 16, 2022
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
          unlawful storage of a firearm leading to use in the  commission  of  a
          crime

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.46  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 265.46 Unlawful  storage of a firearm leading to use in the commission
     4             of a crime.
     5    A person is guilty of unlawful storage of a firearm leading to use  in
     6  the  commission  of a crime when a person fails to safely store a rifle,
     7  shotgun or firearm as required pursuant to section 265.45 of this  arti-
     8  cle,  and  such rifle, shotgun or firearm is used in the commission of a
     9  crime by another individual which reasonably would have  been  prevented
    10  if  such rifle, shotgun or firearm was stored in accordance with section
    11  265.45 of this article.
    12    Unlawful storage of a firearm leading to use in the  commission  of  a
    13  crime is a class E felony.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13965-03-2