Assembly Bill A6003

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree

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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-A6003 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.02, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7157
2017-2018: A6386
2019-2020: A4881
2021-2022: A3434
2025-2026: A7676

2023-A6003 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree; increases penalties for possession of a weapon on subways and mass transit trains.

2023-A6003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6003
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. COOK, COLTON, SAYEGH, CRUZ, DAVILA -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal possession  of  a
   weapon in the third degree
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 265.02 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   (4)  SUCH  PERSON COMMITS THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON
 IN THE FOURTH DEGREE AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE,  TWO  OR  FOUR  OF
 SECTION 265.01 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SITUATED IN A SUBWAY STATION, RAIL-
 ROAD  STATION  OR  TERMINAL,  OR BUS STATION OR TERMINAL, OR ON A SUBWAY
 TRAIN, RAILROAD TRAIN, OR BUS  OPERATED  BY  A  MASS  TRANSIT  PROVIDER,
 PUBLIC  OR  PRIVATE, AND SUCH PERSON USES OR ATTEMPTS TO USE SUCH WEAPON
 IN THE COMMISSION OF ANOTHER CRIMINAL ACT IN SUCH SUBWAY STATION,  RAIL-
 ROAD  STATION OR TERMINAL, OR BUS STATION OR TERMINAL, OR ON SUCH SUBWAY
 TRAIN, RAILROAD TRAIN OR BUS; OR
   § 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.
                                                            LBD08250-01-3

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