STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
4415
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2025
___________
Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the possession
in the county of Chautauqua of a pistol or revolver while attending a
firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course conducted by a
law enforcement agency; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
2 by adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
3 7-g. Possession of a pistol or revolver by a person who has applied to
4 the appropriate licensing officer in Chautauqua county for a license to
5 possess a pistol or revolver and who appears to be eligible to receive
6 such license pursuant to subdivision one of section 400.00 of this chap-
7 ter and where such possession is: (i) of a pistol or revolver owned by a
8 local law enforcement agency; and (ii) at a firearms training facility
9 operated by such agency while under the supervision, guidance and
10 instruction of a police officer during a firearms familiarity, safety,
11 loading and firing course conducted by such agency; provided, however,
12 that this paragraph shall only apply in Chautauqua county and only where
13 such county opts by local law to require such a course before a person
14 may be issued a license pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter.
15 Prior to a course being conducted by a law enforcement agency pursuant
16 to this paragraph, such course shall be approved by the superintendent
17 of the state police and shall be periodically reviewed by the super-
18 intendent for compliance with applicable rules and regulations. Any
19 course conducted pursuant to this paragraph shall only be operated by a
20 law enforcement agency and shall not be delegated or assigned to any
21 third-party persons or entities. The superintendent of the state police
22 shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07714-01-5
A. 4415 2
1 purposes of this paragraph including standards for the operation of a
2 firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course. Nothing in this
3 paragraph shall be read to require approval of the superintendent of the
4 state police for any firearms safety course operated by law enforcement
5 or third-party individuals or entities that does not include the handl-
6 ing, loading or firing of a pistol or revolver.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
8 have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 1, 2028.