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NY A 09386 2025-2026 Assembly

Permits the possession and use of devices that silence, suppress, or muffle the sound or natural report of a firearm when the firearm is discharged, provided the host firearm to which the device is attached is allowed and is a rifle that is manually operated by a bolt.

First chamber Not law yet bank: none

Not law yet. Pending legislation.

Asm. Angelino

Bill summary

Official digest is not on this card.

Now vs if chaptered

NOW: referred to Environmental Conservation; silencer remains generally prohibited. IF chaptered: bolt-action rifle + lawful host firearm would be the only new suppressor path — not pistols or semi-autos.

Defender utility

NY PDs: this is a parked bolt-action hunting carve-out, not a general silencer legalization. Live §265.02(2) silencer count is unchanged. Broader repeal vehicle is S 02099. Not a California charge.

Who this is for. NY PDs — pending bolt-action hunting suppressor carve-out, not present law; not a California charge.

New York suppressor defender-favorable A-09386 New-York silencer bolt-action ECL-11-0931 265.02 hunting not-chaptered challenge-vehicle