Assembly Bill A6055

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6055 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S73
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.02, add §265.34, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6787
2017-2018: A5271, S310
2021-2022: A4259
2023-2024: A2929

2019-A6055 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes it a class B violent felony to fire a gun into a crowded space with the intent to harm or absent the intent to harm when such an act creates a great risk of death to one or more people within the crowded space; establishes the crime of criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space.

2019-A6055 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6055
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAWRENCE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
   criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
 penal law, as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   (a)  Class  B  violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit the class
 A-I felonies of murder in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
 125.25, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25, and
 arson  in the first degree as defined in section 150.20; manslaughter in
 the first degree as defined in section 125.20,  aggravated  manslaughter
 in  the  first  degree  as  defined in section 125.22, rape in the first
 degree as defined in section 130.35, criminal sexual act  in  the  first
 degree  as  defined  in  section  130.50, aggravated sexual abuse in the
 first degree as defined in section  130.70,  course  of  sexual  conduct
 against a child in the first degree as defined in section 130.75; CRIMI-
 NAL  USE  OF  WEAPONS; FIRING INTO A CROWDED SPACE AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 265.34; assault in the  first  degree  as  defined  in  section  120.10,
 kidnapping  in  the second degree as defined in section 135.20, burglary
 in the first degree as defined in section 140.30, arson  in  the  second
 degree  as  defined  in  section  150.15, robbery in the first degree as
 defined in section 160.15, sex trafficking as defined in paragraphs  (a)
 and  (b)  of  subdivision  five  of section 230.34, sex trafficking of a
 child as defined in section 230.34-a, incest  in  the  first  degree  as
 defined  in section 255.27, criminal possession of a weapon in the first
 degree as defined in section 265.04, criminal use of a  firearm  in  the
 first degree as defined in section 265.09, criminal sale of a firearm in
 the first degree as defined in section 265.13, aggravated assault upon a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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