Bill > S04116

This bill requires that all semiautomatic pistols sold in New York state be verified as "microstamping-enabled", meaning they contain a component that stamps a unique identifier on spent cartridge cases. The bill defines "microstamp" and "microstamping-enabled pistol", and tasks the Division of Criminal Justice Services with certifying the technological viability of microstamping and establishing standards and processes for verifying compliance. It also establishes fines for dealers who sell non-microstamping-enabled pistols, and makes it a crime to modify a microstamping-enabled pistol to prevent the microstamping. The bill's provisions will take effect after the Division certifies microstamping as technologically viable or within a year of the establishment of a licensing process for servicing firearms to ensure compliance.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4116