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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A07313Exempts from disclosure, under the freedom of information law, the issuance of pistol permits to active and retired police officers, peace officers and correction officers.
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Firearmspreemption sanctuaryAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 70%
Exempts names of active and retired law enforcement officers from FOIL disclosure when they receive pistol permits, so the public has less information about which officers have firearm licenses.
is information related to the issuance, pursuant to article four hundred of the penal law, of any license to carry or possess firearms when such license is issued to a police officer, as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, a peace officer, as defined in article two of the criminal procedure law, a correction officer employed by the department of corrections and community supervision or a county or city operating a local correctional facility, or any person retired from active service as a police officer, peace officer or correction officer
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FirearmsotherAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Creates a specific FOIL exemption for pistol permit records of current and retired police, peace, and correction officers (with a carve-out allowing disclosure to law enforcement for investigations), reducing public transparency on these licenses without changing who may obtain them.
exempting the disclosure, under the freedom of information law, of the name of any police officer, peace officer, correction officer, or retired police officer, peace officer or correction officer issued a license to carry or possess a firearm
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new FOIL exemption in Public Officers Law §87(2) specifically for firearm license issuance records of active and retired law enforcement officers. This is a firearms-related transparency measure that does not alter licensing standards, eligibility, background checks, carry rights, or any other substantive rule on firearm access; it only limits public records access. The primary tag is therefore firearms/preemption-sanctuary (as a state-level rule on disclosure of licensing data) with a restricts direction because it reduces public information about who holds permits. A second '
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