model confidence 90%
Repeals section 400.03 of the penal law, which had required sellers of ammunition to be licensed and to conduct background checks on ammunition sales, so fewer restrictions on ammunition purchases and sales.
Section 1. Section 400.03 of the penal law is REPEALED.
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model confidence 85%
Authorizes transfer of certain registered assault weapons from an estate directly to an immediate family member without the normal sale/disposal restrictions that would otherwise apply, so greater ability for family to inherit and possess such weapons.
any weapon legally possessed and validly registered pursuant to subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter prior to such person's death and bequeathed or passed through intestacy to an immediate family member of the deceased.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses firearms by repealing the ammunition-dealer licensing and background-check regime (expands access), allowing inheritance of registered assault weapons by immediate family (expands ownership/transfer), changing the mental-health reporting process under the red-flag/Extreme Risk Protection Order framework (mixed procedural change), and altering confidentiality rules for pistol/revolver license applications and records (mixed effect on privacy vs. prior post-SAFE transparency rules). No provisions address transgender, abortion or immigration-enforcement topics.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | S | REFERRED TO CODES |
| 2025-01-08 | S | REFERRED TO CODES |