Senate Bill S5361

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that restrictions regarding the carrying of concealed weapons and licenses therefor shall be by statute only

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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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2021-S5361 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7910
2011-2012: S2361
2013-2014: S3031
2015-2016: S2614
2017-2018: S3961
2019-2020: S3931

2021-S5361 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that restrictions regarding the carrying of concealed weapons and licenses therefor shall be by statute only.

2021-S5361 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5361 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5361
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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 restrictions imposed by
   statute regarding the carrying of concealed weapons
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  400.00  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 189 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  Types  of  licenses.  A license for gunsmith or dealer in firearms
 shall be issued to engage in such business. A license for  a  pistol  or
 revolver,  other  than  an  assault  weapon or a disguised gun, shall be
 issued to (a) have and possess in his dwelling  by  a  householder;  (b)
 have  and possess in his place of business by a merchant or storekeeper;
 (c) have and carry concealed while so employed by a  messenger  employed
 by  a  banking  institution  or  express  company;  (d)  have  and carry
 concealed by a justice of the supreme court in the first or second judi-
 cial departments, or by a judge of the New York city civil court or  the
 New  York  city  criminal  court;  (e) have and carry concealed while so
 employed by a regular employee of an institution of the state, or of any
 county, city, town or  village,  under  control  of  a  commissioner  of
 correction  of  the city or any warden, superintendent or head keeper of
 any state prison, penitentiary, workhouse, county jail or other institu-
 tion for the detention of persons convicted or accused of crime or  held
 as witnesses in criminal cases, provided that application is made there-
 for  by  such  commissioner,  warden, superintendent or head keeper; (f)
 have and carry concealed, without  regard  to  employment  or  place  of
 possession,  by  any  person  when  proper cause exists for the issuance
 thereof, SUBJECT ONLY TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY STATUTE; and (g)  have,
 possess, collect and carry antique pistols which are defined as follows:
 (i)  any single shot, muzzle loading pistol with a matchlock, flintlock,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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