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A 436: Includes pistol converters in the definition of a rapid-fire modification device.
What A 436 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill aims to classify pistol converters as rapid-fire modification devices. Pistol converters are devices that increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic firearms. The new definition will make it easier to identify and regulate these devices. The bill will take effect on the same date as a 2024 law amendment.
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: substituted by s744 (2025-01-22)Alert me
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| Mar. 19, 2025 | substituted by s744 |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | rules report cal.41 |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | reported |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
| Jan. 22, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.41 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 219 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 436 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to classifying pistol converters as a rapid-fire modification device The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 26 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as added 2 by chapter 130 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3 26. "Rapid-fire modification device" means any bump stock, trigger 4 crank, binary trigger system, burst trigger system, pistol converter, or 5 any other device that is designed to accelerate the rate of fire of a 6 semi-automatic firearm, rifle or shotgun. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 8 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the penal law and the 9 general business law relating to pistol converters, as proposed in 10 legislative bills numbers S. 7365-B and A. 10053-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02675-01-5
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