Bill Text: NY A10701 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 20-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-09-09 - referred to codes [A10701 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A10701-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10701 IN ASSEMBLY September 9, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gallahan, Angelino, Barclay, Byrnes, DeStefano, J. M. Giglio, Goodell, Hawley, Lemondes, Manktelow, McDonough, B. Miller, Morinello, Palmesano, Simp- son, Smullen, Walsh, E. Brown, Salka) -- 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; provided, however, that 21 if chapter 371 of the laws of 2022 shall not have taken effect on or 22 before such date then section one of this act shall take effect on the 23 same date and in the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2022, 24 takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16224-01-2