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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

S02089 Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check; authorizes the denial of a firearm license for an applicant who is under the age of thirty and who as a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for an offense which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony or serious offense.

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Firearms purchase background checksAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Expands access to juvenile delinquency records for NICS and state police background checks on people under 22 or 30, and adds juvenile adjudications as a disqualifier for firearm licenses under 30, so more restrictions on firearm purchases and licensing.

the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in connection with a background check conducted on a person under twenty-two years of age pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)(1)(C) and 34 U.S.C. § 40901(1); the division of state police in connection with a background check conducted on a person under thirty years of age pursuant to section two hundred twenty-eight of the executive law; a licensing officer pursuant to an investigation of an applicant who is under the age of thirty for a license to be issued or renewed under subdivision one of section 400.00 of the penal law

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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 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Filed
2025-01-15
Committee
Children and Families
Sponsor
Brian Kavanagh D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends the Family Court Act to make juvenile delinquency records available to NICS, state police, and licensing officers for background checks on applicants under 22 or 30; it also amends Penal Law § 400.00 to add juvenile adjudications (for offenses that would be felonies/serious offenses) as a disqualifying factor for firearm license applicants under age 30, and extends extreme risk protection order investigations to include such juvenile records. These changes expand the use of juvenile records to restrict firearm licensing and purchases. No other listed topics are substantively or

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-01-07SREFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
2025-01-15SREFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES