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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7712
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
October 18, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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.
LBD13264-01-3
