Assembly Bill A5569

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits persons eleven years of age to possess a rifle under certain circumstances

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A5569 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1936
2011-2012: A6083
2013-2014: A5020
2015-2016: A5114
2017-2018: A4519
2021-2022: A6306
2023-2024: A1904

2019-A5569 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the possession and use of a single shot .22 caliber rifle by a person eleven years of age on a rifle range while supervised at an indoor or outdoor shooting range.

2019-A5569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5569
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL, FRIEND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to lawful possession of weap-
   ons by persons eleven years of age
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
   7-G. POSSESSION AND USE, AT AN INDOOR OR OUTDOOR SHOOTING  RANGE,  THE
 LAYOUT AND OPERATION OF WHICH CONFORM TO GUIDELINES AND OPERATING STAND-
 ARDS  ESTABLISHED  BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA,
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF LOADING AND FIRING  OF  A  SINGLE  SHOT  .22  CALIBER
 RIFLE,  THE  PROPELLING  FORCE OF WHICH IS GUNPOWDER, BY A PERSON ELEVEN
 YEARS OF AGE WHO  IS  UNDER  THE  IMMEDIATE  SUPERVISION,  GUIDANCE  AND
 INSTRUCTION  OF  (A)  A  DULY  COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES
 ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD, OR OF  THE  NATIONAL
 GUARD OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; OR (B) A DULY QUALIFIED ADULT CITIZEN OF
 THE  UNITED  STATES  AT  LEAST  TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE WHO (I) HAS BEEN
 GRANTED A CERTIFICATE AS A RIFLE INSTRUCTOR ISSUED BY THE UNITED  STATES
 ARMY,  NAVY,  MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD, OR BY THE ADJUTANT
 GENERAL OF THIS STATE, OR BY THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF  AMERICA,
 A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION  DULY  ORGANIZED  UNDER  THE LAWS OF THIS
 STATE, OR (II) HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS A SHOOTING SPORTS DIRECTOR BY A BOY
 SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATIONAL CAMPING SCHOOL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 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.
                                                            LBD09249-01-9

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