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A 5599: Permits certain judges, justices and support magistrates to carry a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in a sensitive location.
What A 5599 does, verified March 21, 2026
The proposed law aims to allow certain judges, justices, and support magistrates to carry firearms in sensitive locations. These individuals would be permitted to carry guns in specific circumstances, including: - Participating in military ceremonies, funerals, and honor guards - Engaging in biathlon training or competition, as long as they comply with local, state, and federal laws - Being judges, justices, or support magistrates of town or village courts or unified court systems, and holding a pistol or revolver license.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5599
- What is the current status of A 5599?
- As of March 21, 2026, A 5599 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to codes".
- Did A 5599 pass?
- Not yet. A 5599 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5599, and where is it now?
- A 5599 was authored by Asm. Joe Sempolinski with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Codes.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to codes |
| May. 13, 2025 | held for consideration in codes |
| Feb. 18, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 18, 2025 · 281 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5599 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEMPOLINSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to permitting certain judges, justices and support magistrates to carry a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in a sensitive location The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (n) and (o) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e 2 of the penal law, paragraph (n) as amended and paragraph (o) as added by 3 section 1 of part F of chapter 55 of the laws of 2023, are amended and a 4 new paragraph (p) is added to read as follows: 5 (n) persons while participating in military ceremonies, funerals, and 6 honor guards; [or] 7 (o) persons while lawfully engaging in learning, practicing, training 8 for, competing in, or travelling into or within the state to learn, 9 practice, train for, or compete in, the sport of biathlon, in accordance 10 with all applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regu- 11 lations[.]; or 12 (p) persons who are judges, justices or support magistrates of any 13 town or village justice court or of any court of the unified court 14 system and who are duly licensed to possess a pistol or revolver pursu- 15 ant to section 400.00 of this chapter. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08014-01-5
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