STATE OF NEW YORK
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6035
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 27, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufacture
of firearms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
2 39-H to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 39-H
4 MANUFACTURERS OF FIREARMS
5 Section 899-aaaa. Identification of firearms.
6 899-bbbb. Manufacture of firearms using three-dimensional print-
7 ers.
8 899-cccc. Record keeping.
9 § 899-aaaa. Identification of firearms. Any person who holds a valid
10 gunsmith license pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law, and who
11 manufactures any firearm using three-dimensional printers, shall ensure
12 that each manufactured firearm shall be inscribed with a unique identi-
13 fying number, and that each such number shall be registered with the
14 division of state police. Any gunsmith located in the city of New York
15 or the counties of Nassau or Suffolk shall also register the firearm
16 with the licensing officer in such city or county.
17 § 899-bbbb. Manufacture of firearms using three-dimensional printers.
18 No person shall use a three-dimensional printer to create any firearm,
19 rifle, or shotgun, or any piece or part thereof, unless such person has
20 a valid gunsmith license issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal
21 law. Any person using a three-dimensional printer to create any firearm,
22 rifle, shotgun, or piece or part thereof, must ensure that such creation
23 complies with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regu-
24 lations.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 899-cccc. Record keeping. Any gunsmith who creates any firearm,
2 rifle, shotgun, or piece or part thereof using three-dimensional print-
3 ers, shall maintain a detailed and accurate record of each such
4 creation, including a description of the firearm, rifle, shotgun, or
5 piece or part thereof, the date of its creation, the unique identifying
6 number required pursuant to section eight hundred ninety-nine-aaaa of
7 this article, and any person or firm to whom the item was transferred.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
9 it shall have become a law.