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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

A03659 Classifies criminal possession of a firearm from a class E felony to a class D felony.

Direction

Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Increases the criminal classification (and thus the potential penalty) for illegal possession of a firearm, so more restrictions on firearms.

Criminal possession of a firearm is a class [deleted: E] D felony.

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-01-07: referred to codes
Filed
2025-01-29
Committee
Codes
Sponsor
Michael Durso R + 6 cosponsors (6 R)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill upgrades criminal possession of a firearm from a class E to a class D felony, imposing a greater penalty and thereby restricting firearms access/possession. It also makes a neutral technical edit replacing gendered pronouns with 'such person'.

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-01-07Areferred to codes
2025-01-29Areferred to codes