Information is gleaned from a number of sources including but not limited to Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Gun Owners of America (GOA), Ammoland, New York State Conservation Council (NYSCC), Legiscan.com, NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), 2 AM Patriot, Concerned Citizens for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), and individuals in the legal field.
Here are bills in New York State and the US Congress since April 25, 2024 through last night, that have bearing on environmental concerns and 2A rights, that have seen movement in the legislative bodies.
New York Senate Bill 5802
Status
Action: 2024-05-06 – referred to environmental conservation
Summary.
Allows for the hunting of deer by individuals aged sixty and older with a crossbow in a special archery season.
Title
Allows for the hunting of deer by individuals aged sixty and older with a crossbow in a special archery season.
Same As/Similar To
A06815 (Same As) 2024-02-01 – print number 6815a
New York Assembly Bill 8213
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on October 27 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-10 – print number 8213b
Summary
Provides for the disposition of certain fees and penalties; directs such fees to a conservation enforcement account in the state conservation fund.
Same As/Similar To
S07086 (Same As) 2024-05-08 – referred to environmental conservation.
New York Senate Bill 7428
NY State Legislature page for S07428
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 24 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-10 – PRINT NUMBER 7428A
Summary
Increases the handling fee paid by a deposit initiator to a dealer or operator of a redemption center from three- and one-half cents to five cents per container; decreases the amount of quarterly payments a deposit initiator must pay the commissioner of taxation and finance from eighty to forty-seven percent of the balance of initiator’s refund value account; provides for registration as a redemption center.
Same As/Similar To
A03375 (Same As) 2024-03-25 – print number 3375a
New York Assembly Bill 10194
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2024 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-10 – referred to codes
Summary
Makes it illegal for certain persons to possess or sell a pistol converter or a converted pistol.
Same As/Similar To
S09225 (Same As) 2024-05-07 – REFERRED TO CODES
New York Assembly Bill 10178
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2024 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-10 – referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Summary
Repeals provisions relating to the RAPID Act.
New York Assembly Bill 8085
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-0)
Status: Introduced on September 29 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 – held for consideration in codes
Summary
Permits those licensed to carry or possess a pistol or revolver or to purchase or take possession of a semi-automatic rifle or licensed to hunt wildlife to purchase or take possession of ammunition without requiring contacting the statewide license and record database.
No sign on by David DiPietro despite being introduce in September 2023.
2024-05-14 – Assembly – Assembly Codes Committee: Held for Consideration (Y: 14 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
Same As/Similar To
S07674 (Same As) 2024-01-03 – REFERRED TO CODES
New York Senate Bill 9389
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 14 2024 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 – REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Summary
Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check; authorizes the denial of a firearm license for an applicant who is under the age of thirty and who as a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for an offense which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony or serious offense.
Same As/Similar To
A10331 (Same As) 2024-05-17 – referred to codes.
New York Assembly Bill 8185
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-1)
Status: Introduced on October 27 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 – held for consideration in codes
Summary
Repeals certain provisions establishing a fee for background checks on certain firearm and ammunition purchases; removes such fees as a source of funds for the background check fund.
Despite being introduced in October 2023, David DiPietro has yet to sign on as a sponsor.
Same As/Similar To
S07645 (Same As) 2024-01-03 – REFERRED TO FINANCE
New York Senate Bill 6649
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 7 2023 – 50% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 – ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Summary
Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home.
Same As/Similar To
A02882 (Same As) 2024-01-03 – ordered to third reading cal.82.
New York Senate Bill 2086
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-21 – 1ST REPORT CAL.1287
Summary
Relates to establishing a voluntary waiver of the right to purchase firearms, rifles or shotguns; requires the division of state police to maintain statewide records of individuals who have waived the right to purchase firearms, rifles, or shotguns and any revocations of such waivers.
Same As/Similar To
A00565 (Same As) 2024-01-31 – print number 565a
New York Senate Bill 8479
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2024 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-15 – PRINT NUMBER 8479A
Summary
Requires payment card networks to use certain merchant category-codes for firearm and ammunition dealers.
Same As/Similar To
A09862 (Same As) 2024-05-17 – print number 9862a
New York Assembly Bill 8333
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on December 13 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-16 – print number 8333a
Pending: Assembly Codes Committee
Hearing: May 22 @ 11:30 am in Room 630 LOB
Summary
Enacts the “safer weapons, safer homes act”; requires the division of criminal justice services to certify the technological viability of personalized handguns and to establish requirements related to the sale of personalized handguns; defines personalized handgun; requires the division to establish and maintain a roster of all personalized handguns approved for retail sale to the public; requires the division to report to the legislature on the technological viability of personalized handguns.
Same As/Similar To
S07802 (Same As) 2024-05-22 – REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
New York Senate Bill 7364
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-16 – PRINT NUMBER 7364A
Summary
Relates to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms; provides that a person who intentionally sells, distributes, or disposes of a three-dimensional printed firearm is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Same As/Similar To
A07489 (Same As) 2024-05-17 – print number 7489a
New York Senate Bill 9137
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2024 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-22 – 1ST REPORT CAL.1449
Hearing: May 22 @ 10:00 am in Room 123 CAP
Summary
Prohibits openly carrying a rifle or shotgun; establishes exemptions from such prohibition.
Same As/Similar To
A10052 (Same As) 2024-05-17 – print number 10052a
New York Assembly Bill 10307
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 17 2024 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-17 – referred to codes
Summary
Expands the firearm license to have and carry concealed, without regard to employment or place of possession, to include open carry.
Same As/Similar To
S08609 (Same As) 2024-02-21 – REFERRED TO CODES
New York Assembly Bill 9130
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2024 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 – print number 9130a
Summary
Authorizes hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara except within the city of Niagara Falls, the city of Lockport and the city of North Tonawanda.
Same As/Similar To
S08382 (Same As) 2024-05-21 – 1ST REPORT CAL.1313
New York Senate Bill 2102
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 6 2023 – 50% progression
Action: 2024-05-22 – 1ST REPORT CAL.1444
Hearing: May 22 @ 10:00 am in Room 123 CAP
Summary
Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.
than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.
Same As/Similar To
A02413 (Same As) 2024-01-03 – referred to codes.
New York Senate Bill 7365
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-22 – 1ST REPORT CAL.1448
Hearing: May 22 @ 10:00 am in Room 123 CAP
Summary
Requires reasonable controls and procedures to be taken with respect to the sale, manufacturing, importing, and marketing of pistol converters.
Same As/Similar To
A10053 (Same As) 2024-05-02 – referred to codes.
New York Senate Bill 7802
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 11 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-22 – REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Hearing: May 22 @ 10:00 am in Room 123 CAP
Summary
Enacts the “safer weapons, safer homes act”; requires the division of criminal justice services to certify the technological viability of personalized handguns and to establish requirements related to the sale of personalized handguns; defines personalized handgun; requires the division to establish and maintain a roster of all personalized handguns approved for retail sale to the public; requires the division to report to the legislature on the technological viability of personalized handguns.
Same As/Similar To
A08333 (Same As) 2024-05-16 – print number 8333a
US Congress House Bill 8169
Status
Action: 2024-04-30 – Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Summary
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on all lands and waters under the jurisdiction and control of the Forest Service, and for other purposes.
Title
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the use of lead ammunition on all lands and waters under the jurisdiction and control of the Forest Service, and for other purposes.
US Congress House Bill 615
Action: 2024-05-01 – Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Hearing: Jun 1 @ 1:00 am in H-313, CAPITOL
Summary
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Title
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023
Same As/Similar To
SB1185 (Same As) 2023-04-18 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HR1173 (Related) 2024-04-30 – Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US Congress House Bill 354
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 44-0)
Status: Engrossed on May 20 2024 – 50% progression
Action: 2024-05-20 – Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
To amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
Same As/Similar To
SB1462 (Related) 2023-05-04 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HR1227 (Related) 2024-05-15 – Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US Congress House Bill 615
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 51-0)
Status: Engrossed on May 1 2024 – 50% progression
Action: 2024-05-01 – Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Hearing: Jun 1 @ 1:00 am in H-313, CAPITOL
Title
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023
Same As/Similar To
SB1185 (Same As) 2023-04-18 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HR1173 (Related) 2024-04-30 – Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
US Congress House Bill 3018
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 150-0)
Status: Introduced on April 28 2023 – 25% progression
Action: 2023-04-28 – Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
To authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders.
Title
Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2023
Same As/Similar To
HB768 (Related) 2023-02-02 – Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
SB247 (Related) 2023-02-02 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S235)
May 19, 2024 Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) update:
In a decision released today in Bianchi v. Brown 23-863, regarding the assault weapons ban and definitions in a case currently before the 4th Circuit Court on appeal, SCOTUS decided not to hear the case. It is felt that because the 4th Circuit has not ruled on the constitutionality of the case, SCOTUS will not hear it.
SCOTUS has not yet ruled on hearing a similar case from the state of Illinois in the 7th Circuit.
Antonyuk v James is scheduled to be heard in conference on June 6 or 13 or 20 with a decision due the following Monday.
A decision in the Chevron U.S.A, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 467 U.S. 837 (1984) is expected this term. A favorable ruling would greatly diminish the ability of Federal Government Agencies (e.g. ATF, IRS, et. al.) and the President to issue “rulings” or executive orders and have them enforced as law, thereby circumventing the Congressional legislative process. Bump stock and suppressor rulings would be gone as an example.
In Congress, there is a bill being proposed to repeal the Federal Tax on firearms and accessories that are regulated under the 1934 National Firearms act.
The DHS is monitoring the purchase of 3-D printers sold through Amazon, E-Bay, and others.
Please be advised that Alliant Powder (maker of Bullseye, Unique and a number of other powders favored by reloaders) has announced that for now it will no longer ship powder to retailers. It is committing to those ammo suppliers with which it has contracts and its military commitments.
