Senate Bill S6318

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to possession of firearms on property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF

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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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2015-S6318 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1126
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6711, A10057
2017-2018: S3716, A4482
2019-2020: S4564, A5420

2015-S6318 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to possession of firearms on property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF.

2015-S6318 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6318 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6318

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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 possession of firearms  on
  property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 265.01-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
S 265.01-a[.] Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
  A person is guilty of  criminal  possession  of  a  weapon  on  school
grounds  when  he or she knowingly has in his or her possession a rifle,
shotgun, or firearm in or upon a building or grounds,  used  for  educa-
tional  purposes,  of  any  school,  college,  or university, except the
forestry lands, wherever located, owned [and], maintained [by]  OR  HELD
IN  TRUST  FOR  THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY AT
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, NOW KNOWN AS  the  State  University  of  New  York
college  of  environmental science and forestry, or upon a school bus as
defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law,
without the written authorization of such educational institution.
  Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01088-01-5

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