Prohibits firearms in certain locations, including but not limited to all forms of public transportation, large gatherings, and food and drink establishments.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8684 Revised 3/24/2022
SPONSOR: Simon TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting firearms in
certain locations
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Prohibits firearms in certain public settings
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Section 265.01 of the penal code is amended
JUSTIFICATION:
New York State's firearm licensing rules require people who want to
transport their gun outside of their home must show "proper cause" for
the need to carry a weapon concealed in public. Given the density of
much of New York's populated areas, the possibility for harm is great.
This legislation would specifically prohibit firearms from a wide list
of specific locations, including, for example, all forms of public
transportation, large gatherings and bars and restaurants.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
none
EFFECTIVE DATE:
this act shall take effect on the nineteenth day after it shall become a
law
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8684
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting firearms in
certain locations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 265.01-b of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
2 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 265.01-b Criminal possession of a firearm.
4 A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm when he or she:
5 (1) possesses any firearm [or]; (2) lawfully possesses a firearm prior
6 to the effective date of [the] chapter one of the laws of two thousand
7 thirteen [which added this section] subject to the registration require-
8 ments of subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter and
9 knowingly fails to register such firearm pursuant to such subdivision;
10 or (3) knowingly has in his or her possession a rifle, shotgun, or
11 firearm in or upon the following locations:
12 (a) Any form of public transportation, including but not limited to
13 railroads, ride sharing services, paratransit services, subways, buses,
14 air travel, taxis or any other public transportation service;
15 (b) Food and drink establishments; or
16 (c) Large gatherings, which for the purposes of this section shall
17 mean a gathering together of fifteen or more persons for amusement,
18 athletic, civic, dining, educational, entertainment, patriotic, poli-
19 tical, recreational, religious, social, or similar purposes.
20 Criminal possession of a firearm is a class E felony.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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