Senate Bill S9530

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the possession of a firearm, shotgun or rifle in certain sport shooting and target practice facilities

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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-S9530 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10701
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01-e, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4464, A3205

2021-S9530 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the possession of a firearm, shotgun or rifle in certain sport shooting and target practice facilities; provides that current restrictions on possession of a firearm, shotgun or rifle shall not include otherwise lawful possession for the purpose of participating in shooting sports, including practice and competition.

2021-S9530 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9530
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 15, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 authorizing the possession
   of a firearm, shotgun or rifle in certain sport  shooting  and  target
   practice facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (o) and (p) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-e
 of the penal law, as added by chapter 371  of  the  laws  of  2022,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (o)  any  establishment  issued a license for [on-premise] ON-PREMISES
 consumption pursuant to article four, four-A, five, or six of the  alco-
 holic  beverage control law where alcohol is consumed and any establish-
 ment licensed under article four of the cannabis  law  for  [on-premise]
 ON-PREMISES consumption, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH ESTABLISHMENT DOES
 NOT  HAVE  A  PRIMARY  PURPOSE OF FACILITATING SPORT SHOOTING AND TARGET
 PRACTICE ACTIVITIES;
   (p) any place used for the performance, art entertainment, gaming,  or
 sporting  events such as theaters, stadiums, racetracks, museums, amuse-
 ment parks, performance venues, concerts, exhibits, conference  centers,
 banquet  halls, and gaming facilities and video lottery terminal facili-
 ties as licensed by the gaming commission, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTH-
 ING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE OTHERWISE LAWFUL POSSESSION  OF
 A  FIREARM,  RIFLE  OR SHOTGUN IN SUCH A LOCATION WHEN POSSESSED FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATING IN  SHOOTING  SPORTS,  INCLUDING  PRACTICE  AND
 COMPETITION;
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 if chapter 371 of the laws of 2022 shall not have  taken  effect  on  or
 before  such  date then section one of this act shall take effect on the
 same date and in the same manner as such chapter of the  laws  of  2022,
 takes effect.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16224-01-2

              

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