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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S02100Authorizes the sheriff of any county outside the city of New York to issue pistol permits upon the approval of the county clerk.
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FirearmscarryAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Authorizes county sheriffs outside NYC to issue pistol permits (which allow carrying), adding more officials who can grant such licenses and potentially increasing the number of permits issued.
A license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver under section 400.00 of this chapter may also be issued by the sheriff of a county outside of the city of New York if such sheriff elects to become a licensing officer.
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FirearmsotherAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 70%
Amends the definition of 'licensing officer' in the penal law to include county sheriffs outside NYC for issuing pistol permits, changing who can grant licenses without altering substantive requirements.
"Licensing officer" means in the city of New York the police commissioner of that city; in the county of Nassau the commissioner of police of that county; [deleted: in the county of Suffolk the sheriff of that] [deleted: county except] in the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown, the commissioner of police of [deleted: that] Suffolk county; for the purposes of section 400.01 of this chapter the superintendent of state police; and elsewhere in the state a judge or justice of a court of record having his office in the county of issuance.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Penal Law § 265.00 to expand the definition of licensing officers by allowing county sheriffs outside NYC to issue pistol permits if they elect to do so, and it deletes prior specific references to Suffolk County sheriffs. This affects who can issue licenses for carrying pistols/revolvers (firearms/carry) by potentially making permits more accessible in some counties, while the definitional change itself is neutral. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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