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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

A05032 Establishes procedures to disassemble and dispose of guns, rifles and firearms purchased by local municipalities and law enforcement agencies through a gun buyback program, including the creation of a log and video recordings.

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Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Requires agencies to disassemble and destroy guns bought in buyback programs, with video and logging requirements, and bans resale or transfer of such guns (with felony penalty), so fewer opportunities for those guns to re-enter circulation.

All agencies participating in a gun buyback program authorized under this section shall dispose of all purchased guns, rifles, and firearms in the following manner: (a) Such guns, rifles, and firearms shall be disassembled and destroyed.

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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
2025-02-11
Committee
Codes
Sponsor
Jonathan Jacobson D + 1 cosponsor (1 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill only addresses procedures for destroying firearms acquired via authorized gun buyback programs and prohibits their resale or transfer. This falls under firearms but has no provisions on background checks, carry, accessories, red-flag orders, storage, preemption, or industry liability, so the 'other' subtag applies twice for the distinct requirements and prohibition. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-01-07Areferred to codes
2025-02-11Areferred to codes