S02229 Summary:

BILL NOS02229
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPERALTA
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S265.21, Pen L
 
Requires every police officer and peace officer to report every discharge of his or her weapon, regardless of whether he or she is on duty, to the law enforcement agency which employs such officer; such provisions shall not apply to target shooting or hunting; failure to report is a class A misdemeanor.
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S02229 Actions:

BILL NOS02229
 
01/22/2015REFERRED TO CODES
01/06/2016REFERRED TO CODES
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S02229 Committee Votes:

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S02229 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S02229 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2229
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 22, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring a police officer
          or peace officer to report the discharge of his or her weapon  to  the
          law enforcement agency employing such officer
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.21  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 265.21 Discharge  of  weapon to be reported; police officers and peace
     4             officers.
     5    a. The time, date and purpose of each discharge of a  rifle,  shotgun,
     6  pistol,  revolver  or  machine-gun  by a police officer or peace officer
     7  shall be immediately reported to the law  enforcement  agency  employing
     8  such  officer, regardless of whether the police officer or peace officer
     9  was on or off duty at the time of such discharge of a weapon.
    10    b. The requirements of subdivision a of this section shall  not  apply
    11  to  any discharge of a weapon at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for
    12  the purpose of proficiency, target shooting or firearms competition,  or
    13  to  any  discharge  of  a  weapon for the purpose of hunting pursuant to
    14  title nine of article eleven of the environmental conservation law.
    15    c. The failure to report pursuant to subdivision a of this section  is
    16  a class A misdemeanor.
    17    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    18  have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00382-01-5
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