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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8533
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
October 17, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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:
1 Section 1. Section 22-a of the military law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. a. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary,
4 no organized militia from another state, territory, or district may
5 enter into this state for the purpose of doing military duty without the
6 express permission of the governor, unless such militia has been called
7 into federal service and is acting under authority of the president of
8 the United States.
9 b. The attorney general may bring a civil action to enjoin violations
10 of this section and seek such other relief as may be appropriate.
11 § 2. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part
12 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
13 be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the
14 remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
15 sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof directly
16 involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been
17 rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that
18 this act would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not
19 been included herein.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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