N.Y. EXC Law § 837-AA — New York Code / Act EXC / Article 35 / Section 837-AA
Firearm prevention technology requirements for three-dimensional printers
Status: in_force

§ 837-aa. Firearm prevention technology requirements for\nthree-dimensional printers. 1. As used in this section, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n  (a) "Three-dimensional printer" means:\n  (i) any machine capable of rendering a three-dimensional object from a\ndigital design file using additive manufacturing; or\n  (ii) any machine capable of making three-dimensional modifications to\nan object from a digital design file using subtractive manufacturing.\n  (b) "Blocking technology" means hardware, software, firmware, or other\nintegrated technological measures capable of ensuring a\nthree-dimensional printer will not proceed to print any print job unless\nthe underlying three-dimensional printing file has been evaluated by a\nfirearms blueprint detection algorithm and determined not to be a\nprinting file that would produce a firearm or illegal firearm parts.\n  (c) "Firearms blueprint detection algorithm" means a software service\nthat evaluates three-dimensional printing files, whether in the form of\nstereolithography (STL) files or other computer aided design files or\ngeometric code, to determine if they can be used to program a\nthree-dimensional printer to produce a firearm or illegal firearm parts,\nand flag any such files to prevent their use to manufacture said firearm\nor illegal firearm parts.\n  (d) "Illegal firearm parts" means an unfinished frame or receiver, a\nmajor component of a firearm, or any part designed and intended for use\nin converting a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun, including, but\nnot limited to, a pistol converter.\n  (e) All other terms shall have the same meaning given to such terms in\nsection 265.00 of the penal law.\n  2. Within ninety days of the effective date of this section, the\ndivision, the department of state, and the state university of New York\nshall convene a working group which shall include experts in additive\nmanufacturing technology, artificial intelligence and digital security,\nfirearms regulation, public safety, consumer product safety, and any\nother relevant disciplines determined by the division to be necessary to\nperform the functions prescribed herein. No later than one year after\nthe working group convenes, the working group shall make recommendations\nregarding the minimum safety standards a three-dimensional printer's\nblocking technology must meet in order to comply with the requirements\nof section three hundred ninety-six-eeee of the general business law.\nSuch recommendations shall address, at a minimum, available and\nappropriate types of blocking technology, including minimum performance\nstandards for those technologies and for firearms blueprint detection\nalgorithms, necessary safeguards to reduce the risk of circumvention of\nblocking technology, and alignment with existing state and federal law.\nProvided, however, that if the working group determines that it is not\ntechnologically feasible to require three-dimensional printers sold in\nthe state of New York to include blocking technology, the working group\nshall so report, and no regulations shall be required to be promulgated\npursuant to this section, until such time as the working group\ndetermines that it is technologically feasible.\n  3. The division shall:\n  (a) within nine months of receiving the recommendations from the\nworking group pursuant to subdivision two of this section, unless the\nworking group reports that it is not technologically feasible to require\nthree-dimensional printers sold in New York to include blocking\ntechnology, in consultation with the department of state, promulgate and\npublish rules or regulations establishing performance standards for\nblocking technology and any other rules and regulations as may be\nnecessary to carry out the provisions of this section, section three\nhundred ninety-six-eeee of the general business law, and article\nthirty-nine-DDDD of the general business law; and\n  (b) be authorized to create and maintain a library of firearms\nblueprint files and illegal firearm parts blueprint files, and maintain\nand update the library, including by adding new files that enable the\nthree-dimensional printing of firearms or illegal firearm parts and\nincluding scans of seized firearms. In furtherance of this\nauthorization, the division may designate another government agency or\nan academic or research institution in this state to assist with the\ncreation and maintenance of the file library. The library shall be made\navailable to three-dimensional printer manufacturers, vendors with\ndemonstrated expertise in software development, or experts in\ncomputational design or public safety, for the development or\nimprovement of blocking technology and firearm blueprint detection\nalgorithms. The division shall establish safeguards to prevent\nunauthorized access to and misuse of the library and shall prohibit all\npersons who are granted access to the library from misusing, selling,\ndisseminating, or otherwise publishing its contents.\n