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This bill requires a statewide public awareness campaign on safe firearm storage and child access prevention, and repeals certain executive law provisions.
Why it matters
Increases public education on safe firearm storage. By mandating a statewide public awareness campaign, the bill aims to inform gun owners and the broader public about existing laws, best practices, and available safety methods, which could lead to greater compliance and reduced accidental shootings, particularly among children.
Centralizes and updates firearm safety resources. The law requires that educational materials about safe storage and child access prevention be made easily accessible online and to any requesting agency, ensuring up-to-date, accurate information reaches a wide audience, including law enforcement, schools, and community organizations.
Mandates regular updates to safety information. Requiring annual reviews and updates of the educational materials ensures that the campaign remains relevant as laws and technologies change, which is important for sustaining long-term effectiveness in preventing unauthorized child access and firearm-related injuries.
Streamlines existing legal framework. By repealing certain provisions in the executive law and consolidating responsibility under the Department of Health, the bill may reduce confusion and overlap in government efforts, potentially making firearm safety initiatives more efficient and coherent for New Yorkers.
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Promote Safe Gun Storage
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History
- Signed chap.26
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 55–8
- 3rd reading cal.21
- Substituted for S746
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.46
- Rules report cal.46
- Reported
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- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to codes
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Promote Safe Gun Storage
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Shelley Mayer
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STATE OF NEW YORK
814
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention; to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the penal law and the executive law relating to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9760 and A. 10356-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal certain provisions of the executive law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 847 of the executive law as added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the penal law and the executive law relating to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9760 and A. 10356-A, is REPEALED.
§ 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 32 to read as follows:
32. (a) On or before July first, two thousand twenty-five, the commissioner shall develop and implement a public awareness campaign to educate the public on the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns and child access and prevention. The public awareness campaign shall include, but not be limited to, educational materials, resources and information related to New York state child access prevention laws and laws relating to the safe storage and transport of firearms, rifles and shotguns including sections 265.45, 265.46, and 400.00 of the penal law, available methods for the safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns designed to prevent child access, firearm violence prevention resources, and county and local specific laws and regulations related to child access prevention and safe storage of firearms, rifles and shotguns.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) On or before July first, two thousand twenty-five, the commissioner shall make the educational materials developed for use in this public awareness campaign readily shareable in a digital format and make the materials available on the public facing portion of the department's website. The commissioner shall make the educational materials readily available to any agency who requests such educational materials for dissemination.
(c) On July first, two thousand twenty-six, and each July first thereafter, the department shall update, as necessary, the educational materials developed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision and make available and disseminate the updated materials pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
§ 3. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the penal law and the executive law relating to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9760 and A. 10356-A, is amended to read as follows:
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided however, that section one of this act shall take effect July 1, 2025. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the penal law and the executive law relating to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9760 and A. 10356-A, takes effect.
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