Bill Text: NY S07366 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7366

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Bill Title: Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations while traveling to and from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary and appropriate location during work hours; clarifies that a security guard may possess a weapon going to and from work.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S07366 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7366

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 22, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 private investi-
          gators from certain prohibitions relating to carrying  firearms  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) private investigators licensed under article seven of the  general
    13  business law who are also licensed to carry a firearm.
    14    §  2.  Paragraphs  (g) and (h) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-d of
    15  the penal law, as amended by section 2 of part F of chapter  55  of  the
    16  laws  of  2023,  are amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as
    17  follows:
    18    (g) persons while lawfully engaged in taking of wildlife  or  attempts
    19  to  take  wildlife pursuant to a hunting permit or license issued by the
    20  department of environmental conservation,  or  as  otherwise  authorized
    21  pursuant  to  section 11-0707 and 11-0709 of the environmental conserva-
    22  tion law; [or]
    23    (h) persons, while acting in the scope of their official  duties,  who
    24  are  employed  in  the  revenue  control and security departments of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11507-01-3

        S. 7366                             2

     1  metropolitan transportation authority, or  the  New  York  city  transit
     2  authority  or  an affiliate or subsidiary thereof, who are authorized to
     3  carry a firearm as part of their employment[.]; or
     4    (i)  private investigators licensed under article seven of the general
     5  business law who are also licensed to carry a firearm.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.