New York S 1895: Authorizes any justice or judge in the state to obtain a license to have and carry concealed a pistol or revolver

Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 1895

Sponsors: Thomas F. O'Mara

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S01895 Summary:

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Authorizes any justice or judge in the state to obtain a license to have and carry concealed a pistol or revolver; such amendments allow such justices and judges to carry concealed in the courthouse, when read in conjunction with existing language in paragraph (g) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e of the penal law.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1895

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- 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 authorizing any justice or
 judge in the state to obtain a license to have and carry concealed a
 pistol or revolver

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 400.00 of the
 2 penal law, as amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (d) have and carry concealed by a justice of the supreme court [in the
 5 first or second judicial departments], or by a judge of [the New York
 6 city civil court or the New York city criminal] any court in the state;
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04624-01-5

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