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May 01, 2018 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.932 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Apr 20, 2018 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S8228
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(R, C) 44th Senate District
2017-S8228 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S8228 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8228 SPONSOR: GOLDEN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the sentence for first degree manslaughter PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would deny conditional release for any individual that is convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. Currently, a person found guilty of first-degree manslaughter is eligible for conditional release after serving six-sevenths of a determinate sentence of the first eligi- ble date of discretionary parole. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill would add a new subdivision 4 to section 70.40 of the penal law to deny conditional release for any person convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.
2017-S8228 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8228 I N S E N A T E April 20, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 the sentence for first degree manslaughter THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 70.40 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. FIRST DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A PERSON WHO IS SERVING ONE OR MORE THAN ONE INDETERMINATE OR DETERMINATE SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR ONE OR MORE THAN ONE CONVICTION OF THE OFFENSE OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 125.20 OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONDITIONAL RELEASE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY SENTENCE OF IMPRI- SONMENT IMPOSED UPON CONVICTION FOR SUCH OFFENSE. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15506-01-8
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