Assembly Bill A854

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to parole eligibility for felony offenders; repealer

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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-A854 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1922
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §70.20 sub 2-a, amd Pen L, generally; amd §136, Cor L; amd §§220.10, 220.30, 400.27, 440.20 & 470.30, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8613, S8221
2021-2022: A1613, S2779

2023-A854 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all felony offenders shall be eligible for parole after serving no more than twenty-five years of their sentence; eliminates the possibility of serving consecutive terms of imprisonment which exceed a twenty-five year sentence.

2023-A854 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    854
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CARROLL,  EPSTEIN, SIMON, ANDERSON, JACKSON,
   BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law,  the  correction  law  and  the  criminal
   procedure law, in relation to parole eligibility for felony offenders;
   and to repeal subdivision 2-a of section 70.20 of the penal law relat-
   ing thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 60.06 of the penal law, as amended by  chapter  482
 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 § 60.06 Authorized  disposition;  murder  in the first degree offenders;
           aggravated murder offenders;  certain  murder  in  the  second
           degree   offenders;   certain  terrorism  offenders;  criminal
           possession of a chemical weapon or  biological  weapon  offen-
           ders;  criminal  use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon
           offenders.
   When a defendant is convicted of murder in the first degree as defined
 in section 125.27 of this chapter, the court shall, in  accordance  with
 the provisions of section 400.27 of the criminal procedure law, sentence
 the  defendant to death, to life imprisonment [without parole in accord-
 ance with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title,] WITH  ELIGI-
 BILITY  FOR  PAROLE AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS or to a term of imprisonment
 for a class A-I felony other than a sentence of life imprisonment [with-
 out parole] WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR  PAROLE  AFTER  TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS,  in
 accordance  with subdivisions one through three of section 70.00 of this
 title. When a person is convicted of murder  in  the  second  degree  as
 defined  in subdivision five of section 125.25 of this chapter or of the
 crime of aggravated murder as defined  in  subdivision  one  of  section
 125.26  of  this chapter, the court shall sentence the defendant to life
 imprisonment [without parole in  accordance  with  subdivision  five  of
 section  70.00  of this title] WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE AFTER TWENTY-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03128-01-3
              

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