Senate Bill S2524

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course

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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-S2524 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.20 & 400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S282
2011-2012: S135
2013-2014: S993
2015-2016: S1341
2017-2018: S135

2019-S2524 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes an applicant for a pistol or revolver license to possess such while attending a pre-license firearms safety course and while under the supervision of the instructor thereof.

2019-S2524 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2524 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2524
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- 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 authorizing the possession
   of a pistol or revolver while attending a pre-license firearms  safety
   course

   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 OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER BY A PERSON  WHO  HAS  APPLIED
 FOR A LICENSE TO POSSESS A PISTOL OR REVOLVER AND PRE-LICENSE POSSESSION
 OF  SAME  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER, WHO HAS NOT BEEN
 PREVIOUSLY DENIED A LICENSE, BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF  A  FELONY  OR
 SERIOUS  OFFENSE, AND WHO DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE, OR POSE A THREAT TO BE,
 A DANGER TO HIMSELF, HERSELF OR TO OTHERS, AND WHO HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR
 POSSESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 400.00 OF THIS  CHAPTER;  PROVIDED
 THAT  SUCH  POSSESSION SHALL BE OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER DULY LICENSED TO
 AND SHALL BE POSSESSED UNDER THE SUPERVISION, GUIDANCE  AND  INSTRUCTION
 OF  A  CERTIFIED FIREARMS SAFETY COURSE INSTRUCTOR, AND PROVIDED FURTHER
 THAT SUCH POSSESSION OCCURS DURING THE COURSE OF A CERTIFIED PRE-LICENSE
 FIREARMS SAFETY COURSE IN WHICH SUCH PERSON IS ENROLLED.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section  400.00  of  the  penal
 law,  as added by chapter 778 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b) Application for an exemption under paragraph seven-b OR SEVEN-G of
 subdivision a of section 265.20 of this chapter. Each applicant desiring
 to obtain the exemption set forth in paragraph  seven-b  OR  SEVEN-G  of
 subdivision  a of section 265.20 of this chapter shall make such request
 in writing of the licensing officer with whom his OR HER application for
 a license is filed, at the time of filing such application. Such request
 shall include a signed and verified statement by the  person  authorized
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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