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Assembly Bill A4688

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year; repealer

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2025-A4688 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3511
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §70.15 sub 1-a, amd §70.15, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8280, S8337

2025-A4688 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year.

2025-A4688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4688
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  increasing  the  maximum
   sentence  of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year; and to
   repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  1-a  of  section 70.15 of the penal law is
 REPEALED.
   § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of  section  70.15  of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  section 1 of part OO of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Class A misdemeanor. A sentence  of  imprisonment  for  a  class  A
 misdemeanor  shall  be  a  definite  sentence.  When  such a sentence is
 imposed the term shall be fixed by  the  court,  and  shall  not  exceed
 [three hundred sixty-four days] ONE YEAR.
   3. Unclassified misdemeanor. A sentence of imprisonment for an unclas-
 sified misdemeanor shall be a definite sentence. When such a sentence is
 imposed the term shall be fixed by the court, and shall be in accordance
 with  the  sentence  specified  in the law or ordinance that defines the
 crime [but, in any event, it shall not exceed three  hundred  sixty-four
 days].
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08020-01-5

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