 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9456
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 30, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to defining firearm
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  265.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  189  of  the  laws  of 2000, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. "Firearm" means (a) any pistol or revolver; or (b) a shotgun having
     5  one or more barrels less than eighteen inches in length; or (c) a  rifle
     6  having  one  or  more barrels less than sixteen inches in length; or (d)
     7  any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle whether by alteration, modifica-
     8  tion, or otherwise if such weapon as altered, modified, or otherwise has
     9  an overall length of less than twenty-six  inches;  or  (e)  an  assault
    10  weapon;  or  (f)  any other weapon that is not otherwise defined in this
    11  section containing any component that provides housing  or  a  structure
    12  designed  to  hold  or  integrate  any  fire  control  component that is
    13  designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by  action
    14  of  explosive.  For  the  purpose  of this subdivision the length of the
    15  barrel on a shotgun or  rifle  shall  be  determined  by  measuring  the
    16  distance between the muzzle and the face of the bolt, breech, or breech-
    17  lock  when  closed  and when the shotgun or rifle is cocked; the overall
    18  length of a weapon made from a shotgun or rifle is the distance  between
    19  the  extreme  ends  of  the weapon measured along a line parallel to the
    20  center line of the bore. Firearm does not include an antique firearm.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    22  have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16018-01-2
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