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--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
October 17, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BROUK, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS,
HINCHEY, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA,
SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
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. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, no
4 organized militia from another state, territory, or district may enter
5 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 § 2. 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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