STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 36 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing the carry- ing of firearms by military personnel at recruiting centers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 53 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 53. Carrying of firearms at recruiting centers. Notwithstanding any 4 other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the adjutant 5 general shall authorize members of any force of the organized militia 6 assigned to duty at recruiting centers located in the state to carry 7 service-issue firearms while on duty at a recruiting center. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00078-01-3