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May 03, 2016 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 30, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 29, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 28, 2016 |
1st report cal.464 |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 09, 2015 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 01, 2015 |
ordered to third reading cal.1144 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 12, 2015 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1457
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S1457 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1457 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1457 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing penalties for certain violent felonies PURPOSE: To increase the penalty for aggravated assault against a police or a peace officer to life without parole when the person convicted has two prior violent felonies. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 70.08 of the Penal Law to provide that where a persistent violent felony offender is convicted of aggravated assault on a police officer or a peace officer pursuant to Penal Law section 120.11, such violent felony offender shall be sentenced to life without parole where such defendant has two predicate violent felony convictions that are at least class "B" or above. Section 2 makes a conforming amendment to Penal Law section 70.00(5). Section 3 provides that this bill shall take effect immediately; provided that the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 70.08 of the penal law made by section one of this act shall survive the expiration and reversion of such subdivision as provided in section 74 of chapter
2015-S1457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1457 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing penalties for certain violent felonies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 70.08 of the penal law is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows: (A-2) WHERE THE PREDICATE VIOLENT FELONIES ARE AT LEAST CLASS B OR ABOVE, A DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT UPON A POLICE OFFICER OR A PEACE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 120.11 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 70.00 OF THIS ARTICLE. S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 70.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 482 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 5. Life imprisonment without parole. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a defendant sentenced to life imprisonment without parole shall not be or become eligible for parole or conditional release. For purposes of commitment and custody, other than parole and conditional release, such sentence shall be deemed to be an indetermi- nate sentence. A defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment with- out parole upon conviction for the crime of murder in the first degree as defined in section 125.27 of this chapter and in accordance with the procedures provided by law for imposing a sentence for such crime. A defendant must be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole upon conviction for the crime of terrorism as defined in section 490.25 of this chapter, where the specified offense the defendant committed is a class A-I felony; the crime of criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first degree as defined in section 490.45 of this chapter; or the crime of criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first degree as defined in section 490.55 of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00490-01-5
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