STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7650

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 30, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting private investi-
          gators from restrictions on  possessing  a  weapon  in  sensitive  and
          restrictive locations and clarifying where security guards may possess
          a weapon

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e  of  the
     2  penal law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended and a
     3  new paragraph (e-1) is added to read as follows:
     4    (e) security guards as defined by and registered under article seven-A
     5  of  the  general  business law,who are licensed to carry a firearm while
     6  traveling to and from work, who have been granted a special armed regis-
     7  tration card, while at the location of their employment and during their
     8  work hours as such a security guard;
     9    (e-1) private investigators licensed under article seven of the gener-
    10  al business law, who are licensed to carry a firearm while traveling  to
    11  and  from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary
    12  and appropriate location during their  work  hours  as  such  a  private
    13  investigator;
    14    §  2.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-d of the penal
    15  law, as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended and  a  new
    16  paragraph (d-1) is added to read as follows:
    17    (d) security guards as defined by and registered under article seven-A
    18  of  the  general business law, who are licensed to carry a firearm while
    19  traveling to and from work, who [has] have been granted a special  armed
    20  registration  card, while at the location of their employment and during
    21  their work hours as such a security guard;
    22    (d-1) private investigators licensed under article seven of the gener-
    23  al business law, who are licensed to carry a firearm while traveling  to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10947-02-3

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     1  and  from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary
     2  and appropriate location during their  work  hours  as  such  a  private
     3  investigator;
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.