Senate Bill S201

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to removing the maximum age limit for firearms instruction exemptions

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Archive: Last 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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2019-S201 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5392
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7121, A9789
2021-2022: S2693
2023-2024: S596

2019-S201 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to removing the maximum age limit for firearms instruction exemptions; removes upper age limits of sixteen and twenty-one.

2019-S201 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S201 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    201
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 removing the  maximum  age
   limit for firearms instruction exemptions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 7 of subdivision (a) of  section  265.20  of  the
 penal  law, as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
 read as follows:
   7. Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the  purpose
 of  loading  and  firing, of a rifle or shotgun, the propelling force of
 which is gunpowder by a person [under sixteen  years  of  age  but]  not
 under twelve YEARS OF AGE, under the immediate supervision, guidance and
 instruction  of  (a)  a  duly  commissioned officer of the United States
 army, navy, air force, marine corps or coast guard, or of  the  national
 guard of the state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of
 the United States who has been granted a certificate as an instructor in
 small arms practice issued by the United States army, navy, air force or
 marine  corps,  or  by  the  adjutant  general  of this state, or by the
 national rifle association of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly
 organized under the laws of this state; or (c) a parent, guardian, or  a
 person  over the age of eighteen designated in writing by such parent or
 guardian who shall have a certificate of  qualification  in  responsible
 hunting,   including  safety,  ethics,  and  landowner  relations-hunter
 relations, issued or honored by the department of environmental  conser-
 vation;  or (d) an agent of the department of environmental conservation
 appointed to conduct courses in responsible hunting  practices  pursuant
 to article eleven of the environmental conservation law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02723-01-9
              

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