S03555 Summary:
| BILL NO | S03555 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A02324 |
| SPONSOR | ESPAILLAT |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd S265.35, Pen L | |
| Prohibits the possession of a gun or non-folding knife while upon the premises of a governmental chamber or at a public hearing of the state or any political subdivision thereof; such violation shall constitute a class E felony; exempts police officers and security personnel. | |
S03555 Actions:
| BILL NO | S03555 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 02/12/2015 | REFERRED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | REFERRED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S03555 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3555 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ESPAILLAT, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibited use of weapons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 265.35 of the penal law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Any person who possesses a firearm, any other gun or a non-folding 4 knife while upon the premises of any governmental chamber or public 5 hearing room of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be 6 guilty of a class E felony. The provisions of this subdivision shall not 7 apply to police officers or persons providing security at the direction 8 of the governmental entity having jurisdiction over the premises. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 10 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06423-01-5