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A7983 • 2025

Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check

Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check

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Sponsor
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check

Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check, is prohibited by federal law or is subject to a temporary or extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to article sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check, is prohibited by federal law or is subject to a temporary or extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to article sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED BY S7236

  2. 2026-02-26 Assembly

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.274

  3. 2026-02-25 Assembly

    REPORTED

  4. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  5. 2025-04-16 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check
Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check, is prohibited by federal law or is subject to a temporary or extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to article sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          7983

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 16, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law,  in relation to restrictions on the
          receipt of ammunition

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

     1    Section  1. Section 400.03 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. ANY AMMUNITION BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED UNDER THIS  SECTION  SHALL
     4  BE DENIED IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE AMMUNITION PURCHASER IS PROHIBIT-
     5  ED  FROM  POSSESSING  A  SHOTGUN  OR  RIFLE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS CHAPTER,
     6  SUBSECTION (G) OF SECTION 922 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE,  OR
     7  A  TEMPORARY OR FINAL EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ISSUED UNDER ARTICLE
     8  SIXTY-THREE-A OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11499-01-5