STATE OF NEW YORK
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6172
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 31, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 permitting the possession
of firearms in sensitive areas for the purposes of performing histor-
ical battle reenactments
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (i) and (j) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e
2 of the penal law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, are
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (i) persons lawfully engaged in hunting activity, including hunter
5 education training; [or]
6 (j) persons operating a program in a sensitive location out of their
7 residence, as defined by this section, which is licensed, certified,
8 authorized, or funded by the state or a municipality, so long as such
9 possession is in compliance with any rules or regulations applicable to
10 the operation of such program and use or storage of firearms; or
11 (k) persons performing historical battle reenactments.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05495-01-3
