assembly Bill A7921

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status Via S6196 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
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    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 04, 2019 signed chap.354
Oct 01, 2019 delivered to governor
Jun 17, 2019 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading rules cal.202
substituted for a7921
Jun 17, 2019 substituted by s6196
Jun 12, 2019 ordered to third reading rules cal.202
rules report cal.202
reported
Jun 04, 2019 reported referred to rules
May 28, 2019 referred to codes

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Jun 5, 2019 - floor Vote

S6196
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floor
62
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Nay
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Absent
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Floor Vote: Jun 5, 2019

aye (62)

May 29, 2019 - Codes committee Vote

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Committee Vote: May 29, 2019

aye (12)
aye wr (1)

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A7921 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6196
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01-a, Pen L

A7921 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

A7921 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  7921

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 28, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred 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:
§ 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.
  § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11964-01-9

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