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Assembly Bill A4222

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm

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2023-A4222 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §60.14, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5824
2011-2012: A7548
2013-2014: A5748
2015-2016: A3311
2017-2018: A3227, A10662
2019-2020: A5736
2021-2022: A4762
2025-2026: A1527

2023-A4222 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm; provides an additional five years imprisonment.

2023-A4222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4222
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to mandatory dispositions and
   commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 60.14 to
 read as follows:
 § 60.14 MANDATORY DISPOSITIONS; COMMISSION OF A FELONY OFFENSE WHILE  IN
           POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
   WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY OFFENSE THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED
 WHILE  IN  THE  POSSESSION  OR  ACCOMPANIMENT  OF A FIREARM, THE COURT'S
 SENTENCE OF SUCH DEFENDANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  ARTICLE
 SEVENTY  OF  THIS TITLE SHALL INCLUDE A MANDATORY ADDITIONAL SENTENCE OF
 IMPRISONMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD01810-01-3

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