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STATE OF NEW YORK
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7065
IN SENATE
(Prefiled)
January 8, 2020 ___________
Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, the mental hygiene law and the
penal law, in relation to requiring a mental health evaluation prior
to the purchase of any firearm, rifle or shotgun
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
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4 a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun shall submit to a mental 5 health evaluation and provide the seller with proof of his or her
Section 1. Section 897 of the general business law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-a. Before any sale, exchange, or disposal pursuant to this article,
6 approval to purchase such firearm, rifle or shotgun pursuant to subdivi- 7 sion (m) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law.
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§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 129 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new subdi- vision 2-a is added to read as follows:
1. In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and federal 12 law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles or shotguns 13 shall be conducted in accordance with this section unless such sale, 14 exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer[,] or licensed 15 manufacturer [or licensed dealer], as those terms are defined in 18 USC 16 § 922, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to 17 that person's federal firearms license [or such sale, exchange or 18 disposal is between members of an immediate family]. When a sale,
19 exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to a person's federal 20 firearms license, before delivering a firearm, rifle or shotgun to any 21 person, either (a) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System 22 (NICS) or its successor has issued a "proceed" response to the federal 23 firearms licensee, or (b) thirty calendar days shall have elapsed since 24 the date the federal firearms licensee contacted NICS to initiate a 25 national instant criminal background check and NICS has not notified the 26 federal firearms licensee that the transfer of the firearm, rifle or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 shotgun to such person should be denied. [For purposes of this section, 2 "immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, children and 3 step-children.]
4 2-a. Before any sale, exchange, or disposal pursuant to this article, 5 a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun shall submit to a mental
6 health evaluation and provide the seller with proof of his or her
7 approval to purchase such firearm, rifle or shotgun pursuant to subdivi- 8 sion (m) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law.
9 § 3. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new
10 subdivision (m) to read as follows:
11 (m) The commissioner shall establish within the office of mental
12 health an administrative process for the mental health evaluation of any 13 individual prior to such individual's purchase of any firearm, rifle or 14 shotgun. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to establish the 15 mental health evaluation process, which shall include, but not be limit- 16 ed to, provisions relating to: (1) the mental health professionals
17 approved to perform such evaluation, (2) the process for evaluation by 18 such mental health professionals and (3) the development of a standard- 19 ized form to be used by the mental health professional performing such 20 evaluation to approve or deny an individual for purchase of a firearm, 21 rifle or shotgun. The denial of an individual for purchase of any
22 firearm, rifle or shotgun may be reviewed de novo pursuant to the
23 proceedings under article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and 24 rules.
25 § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 265.17 of the penal law, as added by 26 chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a new subdivision 4 is 27 added to read as follows:
28 3. Knowing that another person is prohibited by law from possessing a 29 firearm, rifle or shotgun because of a prior conviction or because of 30 some other disability which would render him or her ineligible to 31 lawfully possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun in this state, a person 32 disposes of a firearm, rifle or shotgun to such other person[.]; or
33 4. Knowing that a mental health evaluation is required pursuant to
34 subdivision (m) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law, he or she
35 either purchases or disposes of a firearm, rifle or shotgun without such 36 mental health evaluation approval for purchase.
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40 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 41 completed on or before such date.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
7065
IN SENATE
(Prefiled)
January 8, 2020 ___________
Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, the mental hygiene law and the
penal law, in relation to requiring a mental health evaluation prior
to the purchase of any firearm, rifle or shotgun
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1
2
3
4 a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun shall submit to a mental 5 health evaluation and provide the seller with proof of his or her
Section 1. Section 897 of the general business law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-a. Before any sale, exchange, or disposal pursuant to this article,
6 approval to purchase such firearm, rifle or shotgun pursuant to subdivi- 7 sion (m) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law.
8
9 10 11
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general business law, as amended by chapter 129 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new subdi- vision 2-a is added to read as follows:
1. In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and federal 12 law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles or shotguns 13 shall be conducted in accordance with this section unless such sale, 14 exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer[,] or licensed 15 manufacturer [or licensed dealer], as those terms are defined in 18 USC 16 § 922, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to 17 that person's federal firearms license [or such sale, exchange or 18 disposal is between members of an immediate family]. When a sale,
19 exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to a person's federal 20 firearms license, before delivering a firearm, rifle or shotgun to any 21 person, either (a) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System 22 (NICS) or its successor has issued a "proceed" response to the federal 23 firearms licensee, or (b) thirty calendar days shall have elapsed since 24 the date the federal firearms licensee contacted NICS to initiate a 25 national instant criminal background check and NICS has not notified the 26 federal firearms licensee that the transfer of the firearm, rifle or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 shotgun to such person should be denied. [For purposes of this section, 2 "immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, children and 3 step-children.]
4 2-a. Before any sale, exchange, or disposal pursuant to this article, 5 a purchaser of any firearm, rifle or shotgun shall submit to a mental
6 health evaluation and provide the seller with proof of his or her
7 approval to purchase such firearm, rifle or shotgun pursuant to subdivi- 8 sion (m) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law.
9 § 3. Section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new
10 subdivision (m) to read as follows:
11 (m) The commissioner shall establish within the office of mental
12 health an administrative process for the mental health evaluation of any 13 individual prior to such individual's purchase of any firearm, rifle or 14 shotgun. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to establish the 15 mental health evaluation process, which shall include, but not be limit- 16 ed to, provisions relating to: (1) the mental health professionals
17 approved to perform such evaluation, (2) the process for evaluation by 18 such mental health professionals and (3) the development of a standard- 19 ized form to be used by the mental health professional performing such 20 evaluation to approve or deny an individual for purchase of a firearm, 21 rifle or shotgun. The denial of an individual for purchase of any
22 firearm, rifle or shotgun may be reviewed de novo pursuant to the
23 proceedings under article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and 24 rules.
25 § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 265.17 of the penal law, as added by 26 chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a new subdivision 4 is 27 added to read as follows:
28 3. Knowing that another person is prohibited by law from possessing a 29 firearm, rifle or shotgun because of a prior conviction or because of 30 some other disability which would render him or her ineligible to 31 lawfully possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun in this state, a person 32 disposes of a firearm, rifle or shotgun to such other person[.]; or
33 4. Knowing that a mental health evaluation is required pursuant to
34 subdivision (m) of section 7.09 of the mental hygiene law, he or she
35 either purchases or disposes of a firearm, rifle or shotgun without such 36 mental health evaluation approval for purchase.
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38
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40 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 41 completed on or before such date.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
