A10307 • 2025

Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm

Firearms

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Amy Paulin
Last action: 2026-06-01
Official status: Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm

Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm; requires local law enforcement to initiate a criminal investigation within five business days.

What This Bill Does

Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm; requires local law enforcement to initiate a criminal investigation within five business days.

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Bill History

2026-06-01 Assembly
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 10307B
2026-05-27 Assembly
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 10307A
2026-04-23 Assembly
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.379
2026-04-21 Assembly
REPORTED
2026-02-20 Assembly
REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm
Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm; requires local law enforcement to initiate a criminal investigation within five business days.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10307

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    February 20, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to notification to local
          law enforcement of firearm denials

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 228 of the execu-
     2  tive  law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a
     3  new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
     4    (a) The division shall report the name, date  of  birth  and  physical
     5  description  of any person prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant
     6  to 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(g) or (n), AND THE REASON FOR ANY DENIAL,  to  the
     7  national  instant criminal background check system index, denied persons
     8  files.
     9    2-A. (A) WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF MAKING THE  REPORT  DESCRIBED  IN
    10  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE DIVISION SHALL
    11  REPORT THE NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, AND THE REASON FOR
    12  THE DENIAL TO:
    13    I. THE LOCAL LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  HAVING  JURISDICTION  OVER  THE
    14  LOCATION WHERE THE PROHIBITED PERSON SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE THE FIREARM; AND
    15    II. THE LOCAL PROSECUTOR HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCATION WHEREIN
    16  THE PROHIBITED PERSON SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE THE FIREARM.
    17    (B)  THE  LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL INVESTIGATE WITHIN FIVE
    18  BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIVING SUCH REPORT FROM THE DIVISION.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    20  have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14853-02-6