Assembly Bill A5418

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes fires caused by the manufacture of a controlled substance within the crime of arson in the first degree

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A5418 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2179
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §150.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7673
2019-2020: A6305, S1595
2021-2022: A4965, S5504

2023-A5418 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes fires caused by the manufacture of a controlled substance within the crime of arson in the first degree.

2023-A5418 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5418
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including fires caused by
   the manufacture of a controlled substance within the crime of arson in
   the first degree
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  150.20  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 950 of the laws  of  1984,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF ARSON IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN, WHILE MANU-
 FACTURING, ATTEMPTING TO MANUFACTURE OR  ENDEAVORING  TO  MANUFACTURE  A
 CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THIS
 CHAPTER, DESTROYS IN WHOLE OR  IN  PART,  OR  CAUSES  TO  BE  BURNED  OR
 DESTROYED,  OR  AIDS, COUNSELS OR PROCURES THE BURNING OR DESTRUCTION OF
 ANY BUILDING OR CONTENTS THEREOF, INHABITED OR OCCUPIED BY ONE  OR  MORE
 PERSONS,  WHETHER  SUCH  BUILDING  OR  CONTENTS  IS THE PROPERTY OF SUCH
 PERSON OR ANOTHER, OR WHEN, WHILE MANUFACTURING OR ATTEMPTING  TO  MANU-
 FACTURE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY  OF  THIS CHAPTER, CAUSES A PERSON TO BE BURNED, OR AIDS, COUNSELS OR
 PROCURES THE BURNING OF A PERSON.
   3. As used in this section,  "incendiary  device"  means  a  breakable
 container  designed  to  explode  or produce uncontained combustion upon
 impact, containing flammable liquid and  having  a  wick  or  a  similar
 device  capable  of being ignited; AND "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE" SHALL HAVE
 THE SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION  220.00  OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05432-01-3

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