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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

S00362 Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm; establishes violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

Direction

Firearms purchase background checksAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 95%

Imposes a mandatory 10-day waiting period after initiating a background check before any firearm can be delivered to a purchaser, replacing a prior 30-day default option if NICS did not respond.

No dealer in firearms shall deliver any firearm, and no person shall take possession of any firearm from a dealer in firearms unless: 1. ten days have elapsed from the date such dealer initiated the national instant criminal background check of the purchaser as required by 18 U.S.C. § 922(t), after receiving a completed federal Firearms Transaction Record, Form 4473, from the purchaser; and 2. such dealer has received notice that the purchaser has passed all background checks required by federal, state and local law.

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

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-06-05: COMMITTED TO RULES
Filed
2025-01-08
Committee
Rules
Sponsor
Michael Gianaris D + 7 cosponsors (7 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new article to the general business law establishing a 10-day waiting period after NICS background check initiation before any firearm can be delivered from a dealer, with violations as a class A misdemeanor. It amends multiple sections of the general business law and penal law to replace prior 30-day default provisions (if NICS did not respond) with this 10-day requirement for gun shows, private sales, dealer transfers, and rifle/shotgun sales. Exemptions are provided for law enforcement, military, manufacturers, gunsmiths, carriers, and certain prop uses. This imposes a new,

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Hearings and calendar

Votes

DateChamberMotionYea-Nay
2025-05-20SSenate Codes Committee Vote9-4Passed
2025-06-09SSenate Floor Vote - Final Passage40-22Passed
2026-02-24SSenate Codes Committee Vote8-3Passed

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History (14 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-06-05SCOMMITTED TO RULES
2026-02-26SADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-02-25S2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-02-24S1ST REPORT CAL.364
2026-01-07SREFERRED TO CODES
2026-01-07Areturned to senate
2026-01-07Adied in assembly
2025-06-09Areferred to codes
2025-06-09SDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-06-09SPASSED SENATE
2025-05-22SADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-05-21S2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-05-20S1ST REPORT CAL.1246
2025-01-08SREFERRED TO CODES