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Int 1643-2019

Requiring the police department to report the state, territory or country in which a seized firearm was purchased.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2019-07-23

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-07-23Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the police department to report quarterly to the Council on the number of firearms seized, as well as the type of each such firearm and the state, territory or country where it was purchased.

Committee on Public SafetyPolice Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.

How it compares

30% of similar bills passed

15 passed · 35 died

This bill: 892 days in committee

Similar bills: median 545 days · 97 days when passed

Sponsors (3)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-07-23 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-07-23 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2019-07-23 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 14-150 of the administrative code of the city of New York, is amended by adding a new paragraph 9 to read as follows: 9. A report, where known, of the number of firearms seized, disaggregated by the type of firearm and the state or territory of the United States, or the country, where such firearm was purchased originally, and, if applicable, where such firearm was resold. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "firearm" means any weapon which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive, including any pistol, revolver, shotgun or a rifle, but not an antique firearm. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. NC LS #5955 7/3/2019 1 1