Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2013/S3148/amendment/B
Timestamp: 2016-08-29 02:04:47
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 265', '§ 265', '§ 265', '§ 265', '§ 265', '§ 265', '§ 265', '§ 265', '§265', '§ 265']

NY State Senate Bill S3148B
find your senator senate Bill S3148B 2013-2014 Legislative Session Enacts the "children's weapon accident prevention act"
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(D) 12th Senate District S3148 - Bill Details
2011-2012: S895A2009-2010: S3098A S3148 - Bill Texts
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, the general business
PURPOSE: Establishes the "Children's Weapon Accident Prevention Act."
Creates crimes related to the unsafe storage of a weapon and
criminally negligent storage of a weapon to protect children, and
others, from injury and death due to unauthorized access, discharge
and use of weapons.
§ 265.45 defines failure to store a weapon safely in the second degree
§ 265.50 defines failure to store a weapon safely in the first degree
§ 265.55 defines aggravated failure to store a weapon safely in the
§ 265.60 defines criminally negligent storage of a weapon in the
§ 265.65 defines criminally negligent storage of a weapon in the first
any other person, as a class El felony. With respect to the crimes
§ 265.70 gives the district attorney discretion whether or not to
JUSTIFICATION: In 40 states, firearms, rifles and semiautomatic
weapons are sold to Parents without requirements to store the weapons
safely. "In 1988, some 1,501 people were killed in the united States
by accidental discharge of firearms and many more were injured. Among
those killed were 277 children under the age of 15. In fact, firearms
are the fourth leading cause of accidental deaths among children 5 to
14 years of age and the third leading cause of accidental deaths among
15 to 24 year olds." (United States General Accounting Office;
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2000: A.1407-B - Passed Assembly 2001-2002:
A.5363-B - Passed Assembly 2003-2004: A.4615-C - Passed Assembly
2005-2006: A.673 - Passed Assembly 2007-2008: A.76A - Passed Assembly
2009-2010: S.3098-A - Schneiderman) A.5844-B (Weisenberg) 2011-2012:
next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law provided,
however, that sections three and four of this act shall take effect
May 1, 2015, provided, further, that section five of this act shall
take effect March 1, 2015 except that any rule or regulation necessary
for the timely implementation of section five of this act shall be
Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, AVELLA, GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered
subdivisions 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 to read as follows:
25. "WEAPON" MEANS A "RIFLE", "SHOTGUN",  OR  "FIREARM"  AS  OTHERWISE
26.  "LOCKED  BOX" MEANS A SAFE, CASE OR CONTAINER WHICH, WHEN LOCKED,
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27.  "GUN  LOCKING  DEVICE"  MEANS  AN INTEGRATED DESIGN FEATURE OR AN
28. "LOADED RIFLE" MEANS ANY RIFLE LOADED WITH AMMUNITION OR ANY RIFLE
29.  "LOADED  SHOTGUN" MEANS ANY SHOTGUN LOADED WITH AMMUNITION OR ANY
43. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IN COOPERATION WITH THE DIVISION OF  CRIMI-
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN.
that  sections three and four of this act shall take effect May 1, 2015;
1, 2015 except that any rule or  regulation  necessary  for  the  timely
(D) 12th Senate District S3148A - Bill Details
2011-2012: S895A2009-2010: S3098A S3148A - Bill Texts
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, the general business law
and the education law, in relation to criminally negligent storage of a
weapon and weapons safety programs for children
Creates crimes related to the unsafe storage of a weapon and criminally
injury and death due to unauthorized access, discharge and use of weap-
Section 4 creates 5 new crimes within article 265 of the penal law, and
one provision related to the applicability of those crimes. Specif-
§ 265.55 defines failure to store a weapon safely in the first degree as
second degree, resulting in the removal or discharge of the weapon by a
child, as a class A misdemeanor;
§ 265.65 defines criminally negligent storage of a weapon in the second
§265.70 defines criminally negligent. storage of a weapon in the first
degree, resulting in a child causing the death of himself/herself or any
other person, as a class El felony. With respect to the crimes defined
in sections 265.65 and 265.70 of the penal law, it shall be an affirma-
tive defense that the defendant reasonably attempted to retrieve or
regain possession of the firearm, rifle or shotgun prior to discharge.
gun locking device; when persons under eighteen possessed a loaded rifle
or shotgun pursuant to a valid hunting license; when the firearm is in
the possession of a police officer engaged in official business; or for
the lawful purpose of self-defense.
§ 265.75 gives the district attorney discretion whether or not to prose-
cute a parent or guardian when death or injury of a child results from a
violation of penal law 265.65 or 265.70.
Section 5 amends subdivision 2 of section 396-ee of the general business
law to require gun dealers to post a conspicuous notice that it is a
crime in New York to leave guns accessible to children.
require the commissioner to develop a weapon safety program designed to
teach children how to prevent gun-related injuries.
Section 7 is a severability clause.
JUSTIFICATION: In 40 states, firearms, rifles and semiautomatic weapons
are sold to parents without requirements to store the weapons safely.
"In 1988, some 1,501 people were killed in the United States by acci-
dental discharge of firearms and many more were injured. Among those
killed were 277 children under the age of 15. In fact, firearms are the
year olds." (United States General Accounting Office; "Accidental Shoot-
ings", 1991.)
6,627 hospitalizations of children age 19 and under due to firearm inju-
ry, an average of 1,325 per year. One thousand four hundred nineteen of
these were accidental, an average of 284 per year. At the same time,
there were 1,734 deaths of children age 19 and under, an average of 347
per year. Tragically, 48 of these deaths were accidental, averaging 10
per year. And in 1997, the last year for which reliable figures are
available for New York state, 5 children under 18 were killed in firearm
accidents and 72 were injured seriously enough to be hospitalized.
procedures had been followed. (United States General Accounting Office).
In 2000, legislation was enacted in New York to require the purchase of
a safety locking device with the purchase or transfer of a gun. However,
there was no requirement to use the device or safely store a gun. It is
the intent of this legislation to encourage safe firearm storage and to
prevent negligent conduct before accidents occur.
Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia and Wisconsin have already
passed similar legislation. Accidental gun deaths of children were
reduced 23% in states with Child Access Prevention/Safe Gun storage(CAP)
laws, according to a study published in the Journal of the American
Medical Association on October 1, 1997.
FISCAL, IMPLICATIONS: None.
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law provided, howev-
er, that sections three and four of this act shall take effect May 1,
2015, provided, further, that section five of this act shall take effect
March 1, 2015 except that any rule or regulation necessary for the time-
ly implementation of section five of this act shall be promulgated on or
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that sections three and four of this act shall take effect May 1,  2015;
1,  2015  except  that  any  rule or regulation necessary for the timely
(D) 12th Senate District S3148B (ACTIVE) - Bill Details
2011-2012: S895A2009-2010: S3098A S3148B (ACTIVE) - Bill Texts
BILL NUMBER:S3148B
Section 6 adds subdivision 44 to section 305 of the education law to
May 1, 2016, provided, further, that section five of this act shall
take effect March 1, 2016 except that any rule or regulation necessary
3148--B
recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes
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S  265.75  CRIMINALLY  NEGLIGENT  STORAGE  OF  A WEAPON IN THE FIRST AND
IF A PERSON WHO IS SUSPECTED OF VIOLATING SECTION 265.65 OR 265.70  OF
PERSON WHO IS SUSPECTED OF VIOLATING SECTION 265.65 OR  265.70  OF  THIS
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44.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL IN COOPERATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMI-