Last updated Oct 21, 2026 · NY · Source: LegiScan ↗
Summary
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This bill amends New York penal law to explicitly require denial of any ammunition background check if the purchaser is prohibited from possessing a shotgun or rifle under state or federal law, or is subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Key Provisions
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Adds a new subdivision 9 to Penal Law § 400.03
Mandates denial of ammunition background checks for prohibited persons
References state penal law prohibitions on shotgun/rifle possession
Incorporates federal prohibitions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
Includes individuals subject to temporary or final extreme risk protection orders
Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Full Bill Text
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7236
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 4, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 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
The governor or the President signs the bill, vetoes it, or lets it become law without a signature. A legislature can also override a veto and enact the bill anyway.
•The recorded action reads "DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR".
•Dated Oct 21, 2026.
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