S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3205
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 2, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN, ANGELINO, BARCLAY, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO,
J. M. GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY, LEMONDES, MANKTELOW, McDONOUGH, MILLER,
MORINELLO, PALMESANO, SIMPSON, SMULLEN, WALSH, E. BROWN, RA -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the possession
of a firearm, shotgun or rifle in certain sport shooting and target
practice facilities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (o) and (p) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-e
of the penal law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, are
amended to read as follows:
(o) any establishment issued a license for [on-premise] ON-PREMISES
consumption pursuant to article four, four-A, five, or six of the alco-
holic beverage control law where alcohol is consumed and any establish-
ment licensed under article four of the cannabis law for [on-premise]
ON-PREMISES consumption, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH ESTABLISHMENT DOES
NOT HAVE A PRIMARY PURPOSE OF FACILITATING SPORT SHOOTING AND TARGET
PRACTICE ACTIVITIES;
(p) any place used for the performance, art entertainment, gaming, or
sporting events such as theaters, stadiums, racetracks, museums, amuse-
ment parks, performance venues, concerts, exhibits, conference centers,
banquet halls, and gaming facilities and video lottery terminal facili-
ties as licensed by the gaming commission, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTH-
ING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE OTHERWISE LAWFUL POSSESSION OF
A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IN SUCH A LOCATION WHEN POSSESSED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATING IN SHOOTING SPORTS, INCLUDING PRACTICE AND
COMPETITION;
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04978-01-3