Allows certain judges, justices, and criminal prosecutors who are duly licensed to possess a concealed firearm, to carry such concealed firearm in court, where no magnetometer or security personnel is present.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8084
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 29, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to allowing certain judges,
justices, and criminal prosecutors to carry a concealed firearm in
court, where no magnetometer or security personnel is present
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (n) and (o) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e
2 of the penal law, paragraph (n) as amended and paragraph (o) as added by
3 section 1 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a
4 new paragraph (p) is added to read as follows:
5 (n) persons while participating in military ceremonies, funerals, and
6 honor guards; [or]
7 (o) persons while lawfully engaging in learning, practicing, training
8 for, competing in, or travelling into or within the state to learn,
9 practice, train for, or compete in, the sport of biathlon, in accordance
10 with all applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regu-
11 lations[.]; or
12 (p) a judge, justice, or criminal prosecutor who is duly licensed to
13 carry concealed firearms in their possession, acting in the scope of
14 their official duties, at a court facility, where such court facility is
15 not secured by one or more magnetometers, and no duly designated and
16 assigned security personnel is present.
17 § 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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