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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S01523Relates to criminal penalties for possession, theft, or sale of stolen firearms, shotguns and rifles; makes technical corrections to section 155.42 of the penal law.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds knowing possession of a stolen firearm/rifle/shotgun as a new way to commit criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree (class B felony), and adds knowing sale of a stolen firearm/rifle/shotgun as a new way to commit criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree (class B felony), so st
(3) knowingly possesses a firearm, rifle or shotgun that was stolen.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds new class B felony offenses (or elevates existing ones to class B) specifically for knowing possession, use during other felonies, or sale of stolen firearms/rifles/shotguns, and makes theft of any firearm a class B grand larceny in the first degree; these provisions increase criminal penalties for firearm theft, possession and sale and therefore restrict the firearms topic axis. The technical corrections to 155.42 and repeal of the prior version are tied to the new firearms-theft provision.
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