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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A02312Allows a person who is at least ten years of age to hunt small game, fowl, deer or bear during applicable seasons without obtaining a hunting license or hunter's education course certification and to possess or control a firearm if the person is within arm's reach of a qualified hunting mentor.
Direction
FirearmscarryAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Allows unlicensed persons aged 10+ to possess or control a firearm while hunting if within arm's reach of a qualified mentor, so greater ability to possess and use firearms without a license or education course.
A person who is at least ten years of age may hunt small game, fowl, deer or bear in this state during applicable seasons without obtaining a hunting license or hunter's education course certification and may, while hunting, possess or control a firearm if at all times when hunting, the person is within arm's reach of a qualified hunting mentor.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Establishes a hunting mentorship program that lowers the effective age and licensing barriers for youth to hunt with firearms under direct supervision, increasing access to firearm use in hunting.
establishing a hunting mentorship program
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Filed (completed)
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Passed one chamber
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Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2026-01-07: referred to environmental conservation
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a hunting mentorship program allowing persons aged 10+ to hunt (including with firearms) without a license or hunter education course if supervised within arm's reach by a qualified mentor, directly expanding access to firearm possession and use for hunting. No provisions address transgender issues, abortion, or immigration enforcement.
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