Senate Bill S9529

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of a firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition on state property

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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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2021-S9529 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §265.67, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4911

2021-S9529 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of a firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition on state property including state and county fairgrounds, and county, city and municipal property; designates offense as a class A misdemeanor.

2021-S9529 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9529 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9529
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of a
   firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition on state property
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.67 to
 read as follows:
 § 265.67 UNLAWFUL SALE OF A FIREARM, RIFLE,  SHOTGUN  OR  AMMUNITION  ON
            STATE PROPERTY.
   1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "STATE PROPERTY" SHALL
 MEAN ALL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE STATE AND SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) ALL COUNTY, CITY AND MUNICIPAL PROPERTY; AND
   (B) ANY FAIRGROUND LOCATED ON STATE, COUNTY, CITY OR MUNICIPAL PROPER-
 TY.
   2. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE,  OR  OPERA-
 TOR, LESSEE, OR LICENSEE OF ANY STATE PROPERTY, TO CONTRACT FOR, AUTHOR-
 IZE,  OR  ALLOW THE SALE OF ANY FIREARM, RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR AMMUNITION ON
 STATE PROPERTY OR IN THE BUILDINGS THAT SIT ON STATE PROPERTY OR PROPER-
 TY OTHERWISE OWNED, LEASED, OCCUPIED, OR OPERATED BY THE STATE.
   3. THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) A GUN BUYBACK EVENT HELD BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
   (B) THE SALE OF A FIREARM OR AMMUNITION ON STATE PROPERTY THAT  OCCURS
 PURSUANT  TO  A CONTRACT THAT WAS ENTERED INTO BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE.
   (C) THE PURCHASE OF A FIREARM, RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR AMMUNITION  ON  STATE
 PROPERTY  BY  A  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  IN  THE COURSE OF ITS REGULAR
 DUTIES.
   UNLAWFUL SALE OF A FIREARM, RIFLE,  SHOTGUN  OR  AMMUNITION  ON  STATE
 PROPERTY IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16185-02-2

              

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