Bill Text: NY S09299 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts retired judges from the crime of criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-10 - REFERRED TO CODES [S09299 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09299-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9299

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 10, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting certain  persons
          from  the  crime of criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun
          in a sensitive location

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (n) and (o) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e
     2  of the penal law, paragraph (n) as amended and paragraph (o) as added by
     3  section 1 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a
     4  new paragraph (p) is added to read as follows:
     5    (n)  persons while participating in military ceremonies, funerals, and
     6  honor guards; [or]
     7    (o) persons while lawfully engaging in learning, practicing,  training
     8  for,  competing  in,  or  travelling  into or within the state to learn,
     9  practice, train for, or compete in, the sport of biathlon, in accordance
    10  with all applicable local, state, and federal  laws,  rules,  and  regu-
    11  lations[.]; or
    12    (p)  persons  who are retired judges of the court of appeals, justices
    13  of the supreme court, judges of  the  court  of  claims, judges  of  the
    14  county  court,  judges  of  the  surrogate's court, judges of the family
    15  court, judges of a court for the  city  of   New   York, judges  of  the
    16  district  court,  and  judges of a city court outside of the city of New
    17  York, and who are duly licensed to possess a pistol or revolver pursuant
    18  to section 400.00 of this chapter.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



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