S9334 • 2025

Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms

Firearms

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Erik Bottcher
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms

Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms; provides that a graphic warning that depicts the nature of the health and safety risks of firearms be provided when any license or permit is issued or amended.

What This Bill Does

Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms; provides that a graphic warning that depicts the nature of the health and safety risks of firearms be provided when any license or permit is issued or amended.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-05-28 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
2026-05-28 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9334A
2026-03-03 Senate
REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms
Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms; provides that a graphic warning that depicts the nature of the health and safety risks of firearms be provided when any license or permit is issued or amended.

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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                                          9334

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      March 3, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BOTTCHER -- 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 consumer warnings  regard-
          ing rifles, shotguns, and firearms

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

     1    Section 1. Section 400.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
     2  subdivision 21 to read as follows:
     3    21.  (A)  UPON THE ISSUANCE OF OR AMENDMENT TO A LICENSE OR PERMIT FOR
     4  POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, THE LICENSING  OFFICER  SHALL
     5  PROVIDE  THE  LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, AS APPLICABLE, A GRAPHIC WARNING OR
     6  WARNINGS DESIGNED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TOGETHER
     7  WITH THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY OF THIS SECTION.
     8    (B) WHERE A FIREARMS DEALER DISPLAYS OR OTHERWISE PROVIDES THE  NOTICE
     9  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY OF THIS SECTION, ADJACENT TO
    10  SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE A GRAPHIC WARNING SIGN DESIGNED PURSUANT  TO  PARA-
    11  GRAPH  (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH GRAPHIC WARNING SIGN SHALL BE UNOB-
    12  STRUCTED IN ITS ENTIRETY.
    13    (C) THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL:
    14    (I) DESIGN ONE OR MORE GRAPHIC WARNINGS THAT DEPICT THE NATURE OF  THE
    15  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY  RISKS  DESCRIBED IN THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
    16  SUBDIVISION TWENTY OF THIS SECTION; AND
    17    (II) PUBLISH AND MAKE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE  THE  GRAPHIC  WARNINGS
    18  DESIGNED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
    19    (D) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
    20  LIABLE  FOR A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A
    21  FIRST VIOLATION WITHIN ANY TWELVE MONTH PERIOD OR TEN  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
    22  FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION WITHIN ANY TWELVE MONTH PERIOD.
    23    (E)  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE MAY
    24  ENACT ANY RULES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS
    25  SUBDIVISION.
    26    §  2. This act shall take effect on the two hundred tenth day after it
    27  shall have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14415-01-6