STATE OF NEW YORK
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2831
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. JORDAN -- 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 the definition of assault
weapon
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 22 of section 265.00 of the
2 penal law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (a) a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable
5 magazine and has at least one of the following characteristics:
6 (i) a folding or telescoping stock;
7 (ii) [a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of
8 the weapon;
9 (iii)] a thumbhole stock;
10 [(iv)] (iii) a second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held
11 by the non-trigger hand;
12 [(v)] (iv) a bayonet mount;
13 [(vi)] (v) a flash suppressor, muzzle break, muzzle compensator, or
14 threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor, muzzle
15 break, or muzzle compensator;
16 [(vii)] (vi) a grenade launcher; or
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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