Senate Bill S3040

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Exempts any land located in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public parks

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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-S3040 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4134
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01-e, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9498

2023-S3040 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts any land located in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public parks.

2023-S3040 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3040 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3040
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. STEC, BORRELLO, HELMING, PALUMBO, WEIK -- 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 exempting any land located
   in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from
   certain  provisions  of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public
   parks
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-e of the
 penal law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (d)  libraries,  public  playgrounds,  public  parks, EXCEPT ANY STATE
 FOREST PRESERVE LAND LOCATED IN THE ADIRONDACK AND CATSKILL  PARKS,  and
 zoos;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08057-01-3

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