STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2446

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 20, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. GOUNARDES, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed 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.
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