STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6172

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        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