Assembly Bill A3205

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current 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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2023-A3205 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4464
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01-e, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10701, S9530

2023-A3205 (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.

2023-A3205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3205
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GALLAHAN, ANGELINO, BARCLAY, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO,
   J. M. GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY, LEMONDES, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MILLER,
   MORINELLO, PALMESANO, SIMPSON, SMULLEN, WALSH, E. BROWN,  RA  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04978-01-3

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