senate Bill S285

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Allows rifles, shotguns, and firearms on college and university campuses

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to codes
Jan 09, 2019 referred to codes

S285 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1754
2021-2022: S3651

S285 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows rifles, shotguns, and firearms on college and university campuses.

S285 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S285 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                   285

                       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 allowing rifles, shotguns,
  and firearms on college and university campuses

  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:
§ 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 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.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT APPLY TO COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS OR GROUNDS.
  Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
  § 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.
                                                           LBD02492-01-9

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