Bill Text: NY S07712 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows certain judges, justices, and criminal prosecutors who are duly licensed to possess a concealed firearm, to carry such concealed firearm in court, where no magnetometer or security personnel is present.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S07712 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07712-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7712

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 allowing  certain  judges,
          justices,  and  criminal  prosecutors  to carry a concealed firearm in
          court, where no magnetometer or security personnel is present

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (n) and (o) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e
     2  of the penal law, paragraph (n) as amended and paragraph (o) as added by
     3  section 1 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a
     4  new paragraph (p) is added to read as follows:
     5    (n)  persons while participating in military ceremonies, funerals, and
     6  honor guards; [or]
     7    (o) persons while lawfully engaging in learning, practicing,  training
     8  for,  competing  in,  or  travelling  into or within the state to learn,
     9  practice, train for, or compete in, the sport of biathlon, in accordance
    10  with all applicable local, state, and federal  laws,  rules,  and  regu-
    11  lations[.]; or
    12    (p)  a  judge, justice, or criminal prosecutor who is duly licensed to
    13  carry concealed firearms in their possession, acting  in  the  scope  of
    14  their official duties, at a court facility, where such court facility is
    15  not  secured  by  one  or more magnetometers, and no duly designated and
    16  assigned security personnel is present.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13264-01-3