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S 744: Includes pistol converters in the definition of a rapid-fire modification device.
What S 744 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill aims to classify pistol converters as a rapid-fire modification device, which is defined as any device that accelerates the rate of fire of a semi-automatic firearm, rifle, or shotgun. This classification would make pistol converters illegal under New York state law, similar to other rapid-fire modification devices such as bump stocks and binary trigger systems. The bill would take effect on the same date as a proposed 2024 amendment to the penal law and general business law.
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Last action: SIGNED CHAP.115 (2025-03-19)Alert me
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| Apr. 03, 2025 | SIGNED CHAP.115 |
| Mar. 31, 2025 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR |
| Mar. 19, 2025 | passed assembly |
| Mar. 19, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.41 |
| Mar. 19, 2025 | substituted for a436 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 224 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 744 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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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