Bill Text: NY A03205 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the possession of a firearm, shotgun or rifle in certain sport shooting and target practice facilities; provides that current restrictions on possession of a firearm, shotgun or rifle shall not include otherwise lawful possession for the purpose of participating in shooting sports, including practice and competition.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A03205 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03205-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3205

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 2, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. GALLAHAN, ANGELINO, BARCLAY, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO,
          J. M. GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY, LEMONDES, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MILLER,
          MORINELLO, PALMESANO, SIMPSON, SMULLEN, WALSH, E. BROWN,  RA  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the possession
          of  a  firearm,  shotgun or rifle in certain sport shooting and target
          practice facilities

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (o) and (p) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-e
     2  of  the  penal  law,  as  added  by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, are
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (o) any establishment issued a license  for  [on-premise]  on-premises
     5  consumption  pursuant to article four, four-A, five, or six of the alco-
     6  holic beverage control law where alcohol is consumed and any  establish-
     7  ment  licensed  under  article four of the cannabis law for [on-premise]
     8  on-premises consumption, provided, however, that such establishment does
     9  not have a primary purpose of facilitating  sport  shooting  and  target
    10  practice activities;
    11    (p)  any place used for the performance, art entertainment, gaming, or
    12  sporting events such as theaters, stadiums, racetracks, museums,  amuse-
    13  ment  parks, performance venues, concerts, exhibits, conference centers,
    14  banquet halls, and gaming facilities and video lottery terminal  facili-
    15  ties as licensed by the gaming commission, provided, however, that noth-
    16  ing  in this paragraph shall prohibit the otherwise lawful possession of
    17  a firearm, rifle or shotgun in such a location when  possessed  for  the
    18  purpose  of  participating  in  shooting  sports, including practice and
    19  competition;
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04978-01-3