STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                        10053--A

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 2, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SIMON, GALLAGHER, SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, DICKENS,
          THIELE, ROZIC, CUNNINGHAM, L. ROSENTHAL, STECK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, RAMOS,
          GLICK, SHIMSKY, BURGOS, MEEKS, SILLITTI -- read once and  referred  to
          the  Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the penal law and the general business law, in  relation
          to pistol converters

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
     2  subdivision 36 to read as follows:
     3    36.    "Pistol  converter"  means  any  device or instrument that when
     4  installed in or attached to the slide of a semi-automatic pistol  inter-
     5  feres  with  the  trigger  mechanism  and  thereby enables the pistol to
     6  discharge a number of shots or bullets rapidly or automatically with one
     7  continuous pull of the trigger.
     8    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 898-a of the general  business  law,  as
     9  added by chapter 237 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
    10    2.  "Reasonable  controls  and  procedures"  shall  mean policies that
    11  include, but are not limited to: (a)  instituting  screening,  security,
    12  inventory  and  other  business practices to prevent thefts of qualified
    13  products as well as sales of qualified  products  to  straw  purchasers,
    14  traffickers,  persons prohibited from possessing firearms under state or
    15  federal law, or persons at risk of injuring themselves or others;  [and]
    16  (b)  preventing  deceptive  acts and practices and false advertising and
    17  otherwise  ensuring  compliance   with   all   provisions   of   article
    18  twenty-two-A of this chapter; and (c) taking reasonable steps to prevent
    19  the  installation  and  use of a pistol converter, as defined in section
    20  265.00 of the penal law, on qualified products.
    21    § 3. 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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