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Home/Bills/S 479New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 479: Repeals provisions of law prohibiting the possession of certain large capacity ammunition feeding devices and the exemption of certain ammunition feeding devices at firing ranges.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What S 479 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to repeal certain sections of the New York Penal Law. It specifically targets the unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices and the exemption of certain ammunition feeding devices at firing ranges. The proposed changes will take effect immediately upon passage.

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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 160 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 479 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. OBERACKER, BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to repeal section 265.37 and paragraph 7-f of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law, relating to unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices and the exemption of certain ammu- nition feeding devices at firing ranges The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 265.37 of the penal law is REPEALED. 2 § 2. Paragraph 7-f of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law 3 is REPEALED. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01133-01-5 
Text of S 479 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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