STATE OF NEW YORK
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2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred 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.
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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.