| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to codes |
| Jan 11, 2019 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1252
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2019-S1252 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §70.25, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
S7482
2015-2016: S3694
2017-2018: S2159
2021-2022: S2947
2019-S1252 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1252
SPONSOR: SERINO
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to consecutive sentences for
homicide offenses
PURPOSE:
This bill authorizes the imposition of consecutive sentences of impri-
sonment for homicide offenses against more than one person that are
committed in a single act.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the penal law to authorize consecutive sentences if
one or more of the sentences are for homicide and a separate person is
the victim of each offense.
Section 2: Provides an effective date.
2019-S1252 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1252
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 11, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sens. SERINO, AKSHAR -- 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 consecutive sentences for
homicide offenses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 70.25 of the penal law, as amended
by chapter 56 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
2. When more than one sentence of imprisonment is imposed on a person
for two or more offenses committed through a single act or omission, or
through an act or omission which in itself constituted one of the
offenses and also was a material element of the other, the sentences,
except if one or more of such sentences is for a violation of section
270.20 of this chapter, must run concurrently. PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT
IF ONE OR MORE OF SUCH SENTENCES IS FOR A CONVICTION UNDER ARTICLE ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE SENTENCES MAY RUN CONSECUTIVE-
LY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06727-01-9
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