S9486 • 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: Brian Kavanagh
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: In Senate Committee
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

2026-05-29 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
2026-05-29 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9486B
2026-03-19 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
2026-03-19 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9486A
2026-03-17 Senate
REFERRED TO FINANCE

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
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                                          9486

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 17, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        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. Section 228 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-A. (A) WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF ISSUING  A  DENIAL  TO  A  PERSON
     4  PROHIBITED  FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SEC.  922(G)
     5  OR (N), THE DIVISION SHALL REPORT THE NAME, DATE OF BIRTH  AND  PHYSICAL
     6  DESCRIPTION OF SUCH PERSON, AND THE REASON FOR THE DENIAL:
     7    I.  TO  THE  NATIONAL  INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM INDEX,
     8  DENIED PERSONS FILES;
     9    II. TO THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAVING JURISDICTION  OVER  THE
    10  LOCATION WHERE THE PROHIBITED PERSON SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE THE FIREARM; AND
    11    III.  TO  THE  LOCAL  PROSECUTOR HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCATION
    12  WHEREIN THE PROHIBITED PERSON SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE THE FIREARM.
    13    (B) THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY  SHALL  INVESTIGATE  WITHIN  FIVE
    14  BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIVING SUCH REPORT FROM THE DIVISION.
    15    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    16  have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14853-01-6