Assembly Bill A5057

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Clarifies that military members are authorized to possess large capacity feeding devices and other banned weapons when acting in their official military capacity

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A5057 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §38-a, Chap 1 of 2013
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6998
2021-2022: A4204

2019-A5057 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies that military members are authorized to possess large capacity feeding devices and other banned weapons when acting in their official military capacity.

2019-A5057 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5057
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, CROUCH, GIGLIO, BARCLAY,
   McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 1 of the laws  of  2013  amending  the  criminal
   procedure  law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of
   firearm licenses, in relation to the possession  of  certain  firearms
   and equipment by members of the military
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, amending the criminal proce-
 dure law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of firearm
 licenses, is amended by adding a new section 38-a to read as follows:
   § 38-A. MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO CARRY  THEIR  MILI-
 TARY  ISSUED  EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING MILITARY ISSUED RIFLES AND MAGAZINES,
 INCLUDING LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES, DURING TRANSIT WITHIN THE  STATE  IN
 THEIR CAPACITY AS MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09155-01-9

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