| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2022 |
defeated in codes |
| Mar 14, 2022 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to codes |
| Jan 21, 2021 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2565
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
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co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(R, C) 57th Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C) 2nd Senate District
2021-S2565 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S2565 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2565
SPONSOR: JORDAN
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to making a murder as the
result of a drive by shooting murder in the first degree
PURPOSE:
Adds a death as a result of a drive by shooting to the list of offenses
that can qualify as murder in the first degree.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would allow a prosecutor to charge a defendant with murder in
the first degree if they conducted a drive by shooting that resulted in
the death of an individual. Murder in the first degree is a class A-I
felony that is punishable by life in prison without the possibility of
parole.
2021-S2565 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2565
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 21, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sens. JORDAN, BORRELLO, RITCHIE -- 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 making a murder as the
result of a drive by shooting murder in the first degree
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
section 125.27 of the penal law is renumbered (xiv) and a new subpara-
graph (xiii) is added to read as follows:
(XIII) THE VICTIM WAS KILLED WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS IN THE COURSE OF
COMMITTING OR ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT A DRIVE BY SHOOTING. UNDER THIS PARA-
GRAPH, A "DRIVE BY SHOOTING" IS DEFINED AS WHEN A PERSON, WITH THE
INTENT TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON, DISCHARGES A FIREARM FROM A
MOTOR VEHICLE AT ANOTHER PERSON OUTSIDE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE. "MOTOR
VEHICLE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW; OR
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00867-01-1
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