Assembly Bill A4727

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes children 10 years of age or older to load and fire a rifle, shotgun or pistol at a shooting range while under the supervision of a qualified person

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Current 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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2023-A4727 (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: A10719
2011-2012: A4058
2013-2014: A182
2015-2016: A1623
2017-2018: A4699
2019-2020: A5440
2021-2022: A4038

2023-A4727 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes children 10 years of age or older to load and fire a rifle, shotgun or pistol at a shooting range while under the supervision of a qualified person; increases from 18 to 21 years of age the minimum age of a person who may be designated in writing by the parent or guardian of a child to supervise such child while he or she is shooting.

2023-A4727 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4727
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to lowering from 12 years  to
   10 years the minimum age of a child authorized to engage in supervised
   loading  and  firing  of  rifles, shotguns and pistols, and increasing
   from 18 years to 21 years the minimum age of the designated supervisor
   of such a child
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  7,  7-c  and  7-d of subdivision a of section
 265.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 150 of the laws of  2020,
 are 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] TEN, 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, by the national rifle
 association of America,  a  not-for-profit  corporation  duly  organized
 under  the  laws  of  this  state,  or by a New York state 4-H certified
 shooting sports instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person  over
 the age of [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09178-01-3
 A. 4727                             2
              

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