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Assembly Bill A9347

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to military duty of outside militias in New York state

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2025-A9347 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §22-a, Mil L

2025-A9347 - Summary

Prohibits organized militias from another state, territory, or district from entering into New York for the purpose of doing military duty without the express permission of the governor unless such militia has been called into federal service and is acting under authority of the president of the United States.

2025-A9347 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9347
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the military law, in  relation  to  prohibiting  outside
   militias without permission
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 22-a of the military law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO  THE  CONTRARY,
 NO  ORGANIZED  MILITIA  FROM  ANOTHER  STATE, TERRITORY, OR DISTRICT MAY
 ENTER INTO THIS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING MILITARY DUTY WITHOUT THE
 EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE GOVERNOR, UNLESS SUCH MILITIA HAS BEEN  CALLED
 INTO  FEDERAL  SERVICE AND IS ACTING UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF
 THE UNITED STATES.
   B. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BRING A CIVIL ACTION TO ENJOIN  VIOLATIONS
 OF THIS SECTION AND SEEK SUCH OTHER RELIEF AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE.
   §  2. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part
 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction  to
 be  invalid,  such  judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the
 remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
 sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof  directly
 involved  in  the  controversy  in  which  such judgment shall have been
 rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that
 this act would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not
 been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13858-01-5

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2025-A9347A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §22-a, Mil L

2025-A9347A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits organized militias from another state, territory, or district from entering into New York for the purpose of doing military duty without the express permission of the governor unless such militia has been called into federal service and is acting under authority of the president of the United States.

2025-A9347A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9347--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, RAGA, LASHER, OTIS, MEEKS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
   DINOWITZ  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
   Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental  Operations
   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 military law, in relation to prohibiting outside
   militias without permission
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 22-a of the military law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, NO
 ORGANIZED MILITIA FROM ANOTHER STATE, TERRITORY, OR DISTRICT  MAY  ENTER
 INTO  THIS  STATE  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF DOING MILITARY DUTY WITHOUT THE
 EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE GOVERNOR, UNLESS SUCH MILITIA HAS BEEN  CALLED
 INTO  FEDERAL  SERVICE AND IS ACTING UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF
 THE UNITED STATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13858-03-6

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