Bill Text: NY A07968 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 7968

Bill Title: Permits certain judges, justices and support magistrates to carry a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in a sensitive location.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-07 - held for consideration in codes [A07968 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07968-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7968--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. M. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to permitting certain judges,
          justices and support magistrates to carry 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 judges, justices or  support  magistrates  of  any
    13  town  or  village  justice  court  or  of any court of the unified court
    14  system and who are duly licensed to possess a pistol or revolver  pursu-
    15  ant to section 400.00 of this chapter.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11999-02-3