Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check; authorizes the denial of a firearm license for an applicant who is under the age of thirty and who as a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for an offense which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony or serious offense.
Not law yet. Pending legislation.
Official status checked 2026-10-21 23:46 PT
Bill summary
Allows access to juvenile delinquency records for the purposes of a firearm background check; authorizes the denial of a firearm license for an applicant who is under the age of thirty and who as a juvenile was adjudicated delinquent for an offense which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony or serious offense.
Now vs if chaptered
Now: juvenile delinquency records are not a listed 400.00 firearm-license disqualifier of this form. If chaptered: under-30 applicants with a qualifying juvenile adjudication can be denied a license after a background check that reaches Family Court records. Confirm chaptering before advising.
Defender utility
New York defenders on license-denial and 400.00 calendars: this is a pending status-based licensing gate, not a Penal Law possessory crime. If it chapters, the fight is whether a juvenile adjudication is a lawful 18–29 disqualifier and whether Family Court records were properly used. Age-floor / status-based challenge path the bank already serves. Not a California charge.
Who this is for. NY PDs and 18–29 license applicants — pending juvenile-record disqualifier, not present law; not a California charge.