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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S08608 Summary: BILL NO S08608A &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A09373-A

&nbsp SPONSOR MYRIE &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add §139-n, St Fin L &nbsp Requires bidders on contracts to purchase firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories to submit a statement that the bidder is licensed and in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations relating to the sale, transfer, storage and disposition of firearms, ammunition and firearm accessories.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

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2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

December 8, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 139-n to read as follows: 3 § 139-n. Statement in bids for the purchase of firearms, ammunition, 4 and firearm accessories. 1. (a) Every bid hereafter made to the state or 5 any public department or agency thereof, where competitive bidding is 6 required by statute, rule or regulation, for the purchase of firearms, 7 ammunition, or firearm accessories, shall contain the following state- 8 ment subscribed by the bidder and affirmed by such bidder as true under 9 the penalty of perjury: 10 "By submission of this bid, each bidder and each person signing on 11 behalf of any bidder certifies, and in the case of a joint bid each 12 party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under penalty of 13 perjury, that the bidder: 14 (i) is duly licensed pursuant to applicable federal, state, and local 15 law to sell or transfer firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories, 16 where such licensure is required; 17 (ii) is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local 18 laws, rules, and regulations relating to the sale, transfer, storage, 19 and disposition of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories; 20 (iii) does not sell, offer for sale, advertise, market, distribute, or 21 otherwise transfer unserialized gun build kits or firearm precursor 22 parts;

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13949-03-6

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1 (iv) has and has implemented written policies, procedures, or prac- 2 tices to prevent, detect, and screen for straw purchases and firearm 3 trafficking; 4 (v) has and has implemented written policies, procedures, or practices 5 to prevent, detect, and screen against the sale or transfer of firearms, 6 ammunition, or firearm accessories to any individual prohibited from 7 possessing a firearm by federal, state, or local law or court order; 8 (vi) has and has implemented written policies, procedures, or prac- 9 tices to prevent, detect, document, and report the theft or loss of 10 firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories; 11 (vii) provides training to employees regarding compliance with appli- 12 cable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations relating to 13 the sale or transfer of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories; 14 and 15 (viii) operates a digital video surveillance system at each premises 16 where firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories are sold, stored, or 17 transferred." 18 (b) Every bid hereafter made to the state or any public department or 19 agency thereof, where competitive bidding is not required by statute, 20 rule or regulation, for the purchase of firearms, ammunition, or firearm 21 accessories, may contain, at the discretion of the department, agency or 22 official, the certification required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 23 subdivision. 24 2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the statement required by paragraph 25 (a) of subdivision one of this section may be submitted electronically 26 in accordance with the provisions of subdivision seven of section one 27 hundred sixty-three of this chapter. 28 3. A bid shall not be considered for award, nor shall any award be 29 made to a bidder who has not complied with subdivision one of this 30 section; provided, however, that if the bidder cannot make the foregoing 31 certification, such bidder shall so state and shall furnish with the bid 32 a signed statement which sets forth in detail the reasons therefor. The 33 department, agency or official receiving such bid may request documenta- 34 tion, including inspection reports, notices of violation, or other 35 records, as may be necessary to verify any certification or signed 36 statement submitted pursuant to this section. 37 4. Any bid hereafter made to the state or any public department, agen- 38 cy or official thereof, by a corporate bidder for the purchase of 39 firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories, where such bid contains 40 the statement required by subdivision one of this section, shall be 41 deemed to have been authorized by the board of directors of such bidder, 42 and such authorization shall be deemed to include the signing and 43 submission of such bid and the inclusion therein of such statement as 44 the act and deed of the corporation. 45 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027.

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