Assembly Bill A3191A

                             
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                                  3191--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Codes  -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance
   with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to allowing certain phys-
   ically disabled  individuals  to  complete  live-fire  range  training
   course  and  proficiency  demonstration  requirements  for a concealed
   carry license while sitting
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 19 of section 400.00 of the penal law, as added
 by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   19.  Prior to the issuance or renewal of a license under paragraph (f)
 of subdivision two of this section, issued or renewed on  or  after  the
 effective  date  of  this  subdivision,  an  applicant shall complete an
 in-person live firearms safety course conducted  by  a  duly  authorized
 instructor  with curriculum approved by the division of criminal justice
 services and the superintendent of state police, and meeting the follow-
 ing requirements: (a) a minimum  of  sixteen  hours  of  in-person  live
 curriculum approved by the division of criminal justice services and the
 superintendent  of state police, conducted by a duly authorized instruc-
 tor approved by the division of criminal  justice  services,  and  shall
 include  but not be limited to the following topics: (i) general firearm
 safety; (ii) safe storage requirements and general secure  storage  best
 practices; (iii) state and federal gun laws; (iv) situational awareness;
 (v)  conflict  de-escalation;  (vi) best practices when encountering law
 enforcement; (vii) the statutorily defined sensitive places in  subdivi-
 sion  two  of  section  265.01-e of this chapter and the restrictions on
 possession on restricted places under section 265.01-d of this  chapter;
 (viii)  conflict  management;  (ix)  use  of  deadly  force; (x) suicide
 prevention; and (xi) the basic principles of  marksmanship;  and  (b)  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04391-02-6
              

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 minimum  of  two  hours  of  a live-fire range training course, PROVIDED
 HOWEVER, IF AN APPLICANT HAS A PHYSICAL DISABILITY  THAT  PREVENTS  SUCH
 APPLICANT  FROM  BEING  ABLE  TO  STAND  UP OR REMAIN STANDING, AND SUCH
 APPLICANT PROVIDES MEDICAL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO VERIFY THE EXISTENCE
 OF  SUCH  PHYSICAL  DISABILITY, SUCH LIVE-FIRE RANGE TRAINING COURSE AND
 PROFICIENCY DEMONSTRATION REQUIREMENTS MAY BE  COMPLETED  WHILE  SITTING
 DOWN.  The  applicant  shall  be  required to demonstrate proficiency by
 scoring a minimum of eighty percent correct answers on  a  written  test
 for  the  curriculum  under  paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision and the
 proficiency level determined by the rules and regulations promulgated by
 the division of criminal justice  services  and  the  superintendent  of
 state  police  for  the  live-fire range training under paragraph (b) of
 this subdivision. Upon demonstration of such proficiency, a  certificate
 of  completion shall be issued to such applicant in the applicant's name
 and endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury  by  such  duly
 authorized  instructor.  An  applicant required to complete the training
 required herein prior to renewal of a license issued prior to the effec-
 tive date of this subdivision shall only be required  to  complete  such
 training  for  the  first  renewal  of such license after such effective
 date.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.