New York S 5718: Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations

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S05718 Summary:

BILL NOS05718 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00457

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§265.01-e & 265.01-d, Pen L

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Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations while traveling to and from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary and appropriate location during work hours; clarifies that a security guard may possess a weapon going to and from work.

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BILL NOS05718 

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5718

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ROLISON -- 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 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 amended by section 1 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws
 3 of 2023, is amended and a new paragraph (e-1) is added to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (e) security guards as defined by and registered under article seven-A
 6 of the general business law, who are licensed to carry a firearm while
 7 traveling to and from work, who have been granted a special armed regis-
 8 tration card, while at the location of their employment and during their
 9 work hours as such a security guard;
 10 (e-1) private investigators licensed under article seven of the gener-
 11 al business law, who are licensed to carry a firearm while traveling to
 12 and from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary
 13 and appropriate location during their work hours as such a private
 14 investigator;
 15 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-d of the penal
 16 law, as amended by section 2 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws of
 17 2023, is amended and a new paragraph (d-1) is added to read as follows:
 18 (d) security guards as defined by and registered under article seven-A
 19 of the general business law, who are licensed to carry a firearm while
 20 traveling to and from work, who [has] have been granted a special armed
 21 registration card, while at the location of their employment and during
 22 their work hours as such a security guard;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01117-01-5

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 1 (d-1) private investigators licensed under article seven of the gener-
 2 al business law, who are licensed to carry a firearm while traveling to
 3 and from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary
 4 and appropriate location during their work hours as such a private
 5 investigator;
 6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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