Assembly Bill A2111

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Ends the imposition of a sentence of life without parole or death; repealer

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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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2023-A2111 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4908
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§60.05, 70.00 & 70.80, rpld §60.06, §70.00 sub 5, §70.20 sub 2-a, §490.25 sub 2 ¶(d), §490.28 cl ¶, Pen L; amd §§113 & 136, rpld §130, Art 22-B, Cor L; rpld §§250.40, 270.16, 270.55, 400.27, 450.70 & 450.80, §270.30 sub 2, §450.20 sub 10, §630.20 sub 4, amd CP L, generally; rpld §707, County L; rpld §§63-d & 837-l, Exec L; rpld §§35-b & 211-a, Judy L; amd §24-355, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8488, S7426

2023-A2111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ends the imposition of a sentence of life without parole and the death penalty.

2023-A2111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2111
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the correction law, the  criminal  proce-
   dure  law,  and  the  administrative  code of the city of New York, in
   relation to ending the imposition of a sentence of life without parole
   or death; and to repeal certain  provisions  of  the  penal  law,  the
   correction law, the criminal procedure law, the county law, the execu-
   tive law, and the judiciary law, relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 60.05 of the penal law, as amended
 by chapter 738 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Class A felony. Except as provided in subdivisions three  and  four
 of  section  70.06  of this chapter, every person convicted of a class A
 felony must be sentenced to  imprisonment  in  accordance  with  section
 70.00  of  this title[, unless such person is convicted of murder in the
 first degree and is sentenced in accordance with section 60.06  of  this
 article].
   § 2. Section 60.06 of the penal law is REPEALED.
   §  3.  Subparagraph  (i)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
 70.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 107 of the laws  of  2006,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (i) For a class A-I felony, such minimum period shall not be less than
 fifteen  years  nor more than twenty-five years; provided, however, that
 (A) where a sentence, other than a sentence of death or  life  imprison-
 ment  [without  parole], is imposed upon a defendant convicted of murder
 in the first degree as defined in section 125.27 of  this  chapter  such
 minimum  period  shall be not less than twenty years nor more than twen-
 ty-five years, and, (B) where a sentence is  imposed  upon  a  defendant
 convicted  of murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision five
 of section 125.25 of this chapter or convicted of aggravated  murder  as
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04848-01-3
              

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