S 9486: Requires notification of firearm denials to local law enforcement and the local prosecutor having jurisdiction where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm; requires local law enforcement to initiate a criminal investigation within five business days.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9486  IN SENATE March 17, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to notification to local law enforcement of firearm denials The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 228 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. (a) Within twenty-four hours of issuing a denial to a person 4 prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(g) 5 or (n), the division shall report the name, date of birth and physical 6 description of such person, and the reason for the denial: 7 i. to the national instant criminal background check system index, 8 denied persons files; 9 ii. to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the 10 location where the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm; and 11 iii. to the local prosecutor having jurisdiction over the location 12 wherein the prohibited person sought to acquire the firearm. 13 (b) The local law enforcement agency shall investigate within five 14 business days of receiving such report from the division. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14853-01-6