“… A bill introduced by state Sen. Catharine Young, an upstate Republican, would exempt the Amish, Mennonites and other religious sects from a state regulation requiring that photos be included in applications for weapons permits …”
The bill in question is S-6859. There was an earlier incarnation S-3855 by Sen. Kathy Marchione which had the enacting clause stricken.
The issue first came about during the SAFE Act lawsuit. Affected Amish declined to get involved in the lawsuit for religious reasons.
Neither of these bills have an Assembly companion and are unlikely to go anywhere.