STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5814--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a volun-
          tary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles, or shotguns

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

     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 221-e
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 221-e. Voluntary waiver of right to purchase  firearms,  rifles,  or
     4  shotguns.   1. An individual may file a voluntary waiver of the right to
     5  purchase a firearm, rifle or shotgun with the division of state  police,
     6  in  a form that shall be determined by the superintendent. Such individ-
     7  ual shall then be prohibited from purchasing firearms, rifles and  shot-
     8  guns. The division of state police shall verify the individual's identi-
     9  ty  prior  to  accepting such form. The individual filing the waiver may
    10  provide an alternate individual to be contacted if the waiver is revoked
    11  as set forth in subdivision three of this section.
    12    2. The division of state police shall maintain  statewide  records  of
    13  individuals who waive the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns
    14  as  set forth in subdivision one of this section and revocations of such
    15  waivers as set forth in subdivision three of this section. Such  records
    16  shall  be  maintained  for  internal  use  in a manner determined by the
    17  superintendent. The division of state police  shall  enter  each  waiver
    18  into the national instant criminal background check system and any other
    19  federal or state computer-based systems used by law enforcement agencies
    20  or  others  to  identify  prohibited  purchasers of firearms, rifles and
    21  shotguns within twenty-four hours of receipt of the waiver.
    22    3. No sooner than twenty-one days after  filing  a  waiver  under  the
    23  provisions  of subdivision one of this section, an individual may file a

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02158-02-1

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     1  revocation of the waiver with the division of state  police  in  a  form
     2  that  shall  be  determined by the superintendent. The division of state
     3  police shall verify the individual's identity prior  to  accepting  such
     4  revocation.  The  division of state police shall enter the revocation of
     5  the waiver into the national instant criminal  background  check  system
     6  and  any  other  federal  or  state  computer-based  systems used by law
     7  enforcement agencies or others  to  identify  prohibited  purchasers  of
     8  firearms, rifles and shotguns within twenty-four hours of receipt of the
     9  revocation  form, to indicate that the individual is no longer a prohib-
    10  ited purchaser of firearms, rifles or  shotguns  due  to  the  voluntary
    11  waiver.
    12    4.  A  waiver pursuant to this section may not be required of an indi-
    13  vidual as a condition for receiving employment, benefits or services.
    14    5. No records required by this section shall be subject to  disclosure
    15  and  shall  be confidential with respect to all matters involving health
    16  care, employment, education, housing,  insurance,  government  benefits,
    17  and contracting.
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law.