Bill Commons

NY S 3981

in committee

Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 3981 pass?

Not yet. NY S 3981 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 3981 about?

Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle; requires a person to apply for a hunting license prior to the purchase of a shotgun or rifle; establishes additional requirements for all firearms, shotguns and rifles including taking a five hour gun safety course and exam, passing a shooting range test with 90% accuracy, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, providing proof of purchase of firearm and ammunition safe storage depositories and passing a criminal background check.

Who sponsors NY S 3981?

Kevin S. Parker is the primary sponsor of NY S 3981.

Description

Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle; requires a person to apply for a hunting license prior to the purchase of a shotgun or rifle; establishes additional requirements for all firearms, shotguns and rifles including taking a five hour gun safety course and exam, passing a shooting range test with 90% accuracy, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, providing proof of purchase of firearm and ammunition safe storage depositories and passing a criminal background check.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-31

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 1412not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3018not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5763not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 360

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S3981?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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