Assembly Bill A6306

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Permits persons eleven years of age to possess a rifle under certain circumstances

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2021-A6306 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1936
2011-2012: A6083
2013-2014: A5020
2015-2016: A5114
2017-2018: A4519
2019-2020: A5569
2023-2024: A1904

2021-A6306 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the possession and use of a single shot .22 caliber rifle by a person eleven years of age while supervised at an indoor or outdoor shooting range.

2021-A6306 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6306
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to lawful possession of weap-
   ons by persons eleven years of age
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
   7-G.  POSSESSION  AND USE, AT AN INDOOR OR OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGE, THE
 LAYOUT AND OPERATION OF WHICH CONFORM TO GUIDELINES AND OPERATING STAND-
 ARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS  OF  AMERICA,
 FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  LOADING  AND  FIRING OF A SINGLE SHOT .22 CALIBER
 RIFLE, THE PROPELLING FORCE OF WHICH IS GUNPOWDER, BY  A  PERSON  ELEVEN
 YEARS  OF  AGE  WHO  IS  UNDER  THE  IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION, GUIDANCE AND
 INSTRUCTION OF (A) A DULY COMMISSIONED  OFFICER  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES
 ARMY,  NAVY,  MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE 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 AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF  AGE  WHO  (I)  HAS  BEEN
 GRANTED  A CERTIFICATE AS A RIFLE INSTRUCTOR ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
 ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD, 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 (II) HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS A SHOOTING SPORTS DIRECTOR BY A BOY
 SCOUTS OF AMERICA NATIONAL CAMPING SCHOOL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08955-01-1

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