STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 24, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- 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  requiring  all  firearms
          manufactured, crafted or built by private individuals to have an iden-
          tifying serial number
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.50  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 265.50 Failure to identify a firearm.
     4    (1)  Firearms  manufactured,  crafted,  assembled  or built by private
     5  individuals shall have an identifying serial  number  engraved,  casted,
     6  stamped  (impressing), or otherwise conspicuously placed on the frame or
     7  receiver of the firearm. The serial number must be placed  in  a  manner
     8  not  susceptible  of being readily obliterated, altered, or removed, and
     9  must not duplicate any serial number placed by  the  individual  on  any
    10  other firearm.
    11    (2)  The  individual  shall  submit the firearm's serial number to the
    12  department of criminal justice services with the firearm's  size  and  a
    13  photograph of the firearm.
    14    Failure to identify a firearm is a class C felony.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04583-01-9