S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6716 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 unfinished frames and receivers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 8. "Gunsmith" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation or company who engages in the business of repairing, altering, assembling, manufacturing, cleaning, polishing, engraving or trueing, or who performs any mechanical operation on, any firearm, large capacity ammu- nition feeding device or machine-gun AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ASSEMBLING, MANUFACTURING, FABRICATING, BUILDING, OR FITTING TOGETHER THE COMPONENT PARTS OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IS INTENDED FOR PERSONAL USE, COMMERCIAL SALE, OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law, as separately amended by chapters 130 and 134 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: Paragraph (h) of subdivision twenty-two of section 265.00 and sections 265.01, 265.01-a, subdivision one of section 265.01-b, 265.01-c, 265.02, 265.03, 265.04, 265.05, 265.07, 265.10, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13, 265.15, 265.36, 265.37 and 270.05 shall not apply to: § 3. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi- vision 31 to read as follows: 31. "UNFINISHED FRAME OR RECEIVER" MEANS A FRAME OR RECEIVER OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WHOSE FIRE-CONTROL CAVITY IS COMPLETELY SOLID AND UN-MACHINED, AND WHICH MAY READILY BE MADE INTO A FUNCTIONAL FRAME OR RECEIVER THROUGH MILLING, DRILLING OR OTHER MEANS AND INCLUDES ANY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.