Bill Text: NY S00285 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 285 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Allows rifles, shotguns, and firearms on college and university campuses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00285 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00285-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           285
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 allowing rifles, shotguns,
          and firearms on college and university campuses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 265.01-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
     2  the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 265.01-a[.] Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
     4    A  person  is  guilty  of  criminal  possession  of a weapon on school
     5  grounds when he or she knowingly has in his or her possession  a  rifle,
     6  shotgun,  or  firearm  in or upon a building or grounds, used for educa-
     7  tional purposes, of any school[,  college,  or  university,  except  the
     8  forestry  lands,  wherever  located,  owned  and maintained by the State
     9  University of New York college of environmental science  and  forestry,]
    10  or  upon a school bus as defined in section one hundred forty-two of the
    11  vehicle and traffic law,  without  the  written  authorization  of  such
    12  educational  institution.  This  section  shall  not apply to college or
    13  university buildings or grounds.
    14    Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02492-01-9