Senate Bill S5718

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations

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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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2025-S5718 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A457
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.01-e & 265.01-d, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7366, A7650

2025-S5718 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations while traveling to and from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary and appropriate location during work hours; clarifies that a security guard may possess a weapon going to and from work.

2025-S5718 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5718
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, ROLISON -- 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 private investi-
   gators from restrictions on  possessing  a  weapon  in  sensitive  and
   restrictive locations and clarifying where security guards may possess
   a weapon
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e  of  the
 penal  law,  as amended by section 1 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws
 of 2023, is amended and a new  paragraph  (e-1)  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (e) security guards as defined by and registered under article seven-A
 of  the  general business law, WHO ARE LICENSED TO CARRY A FIREARM WHILE
 TRAVELING TO AND FROM WORK, who have been granted a special armed regis-
 tration card, while at the location of their employment and during their
 work hours as such a security guard;
   (E-1) PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE GENER-
 AL BUSINESS LAW, WHO ARE LICENSED TO CARRY A FIREARM WHILE TRAVELING  TO
 AND  FROM AND DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND AT ANY NECESSARY
 AND APPROPRIATE LOCATION DURING THEIR  WORK  HOURS  AS  SUCH  A  PRIVATE
 INVESTIGATOR;
   §  2.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-d of the penal
 law, as amended by section 2 of part F of chapter  55  of  the  laws  of
 2023, is amended and a new paragraph (d-1) is added to read as follows:
   (d) security guards as defined by and registered under article seven-A
 of  the  general business law, WHO ARE LICENSED TO CARRY A FIREARM WHILE
 TRAVELING TO AND FROM WORK, who [has] HAVE been granted a special  armed
 registration  card, while at the location of their employment and during
 their work hours as such a security guard;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01117-01-5
 S. 5718                             2

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