Provides enhanced sentencing for the offenses of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal sale of a firearm where such offenses occur at the residence of a child under age of fourteen.

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S2169A-2011 Actions

• Mar 21, 2012: referred to codes
• Mar 21, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Mar 21, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 6, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 5, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 1, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.266
• Feb 9, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 2169A
• Feb 9, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CODES
• Jan 18, 2011: REFERRED TO CODES

S2169A-2011 Meetings

Codes: Mar 1, 2012

S2169A-2011 Calendars

Active List: Mar 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 5, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 15, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 20, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2012

S2169A-2011 Votes

S2169A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2169A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to enhanced sentencing for criminal
possession of a weapon or criminal sale of a firearm, when the crime is
committed at the home of a child

PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to target criminals who possess and sell
firearms in residences that also serve as the home of children under
the age of fourteen.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Adds a new section, 265.18, to the Penal Law that provides
for an additional sentence when weapons are illegally possessed or
firearms are illegally sold in a home that is also the dwelling of a
child under the age of fourteen or in the presence of such child.

The bill provides that when a person is convicted of criminal
possession of a weapon in the first degree (Penal Law �265.04),
second degree (Penal Law �265.03) or third degree (�265.02), and such
crime was committed at a place which is the dwelling or residence of
a child under age 14, a consecutive sentence of two and a half years
is added on to the minimum sentence. If this crime is committed in
the presence of a child under age 14, the enhanced consecutive
sentence is five years. Any person convicted under these provisions
will not be eligible for parole until the minimum sentence and the
enhanced sentence is served.

Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree (�265.01) is
intentionally excluded because it is a misdemeanor and the purpose of
the bill is to target felons.

The enhanced sentencing provisions also apply to the criminal sale of
a firearm in the first through third degree (Penal Law �265.14,
�265.13, �265.12 and �265.11) and criminal sale of a firearm to a
minor (Penal Law �265.16). All of the firearms sales crimes are
also felonies.

JUSTIFICATION:
The purpose of this bill is to target criminals who possess and sell
firearms in residences that also serve as the home of children under
the age of fourteen. In many instances, these individuals are also
dealing or using drugs in a dwelling that is located in a large
apartment building or housing complex. Often, young children either
live in or around these dwellings. The activities of these criminals
puts not only the children, but all of the law abiding citizens in
these communities at grave risk of injury or death.

This Legislation provides a solution that can be immediately
implemented. The enhanced sentencing provided in this bill is
designed to make the lives of drug dealers and other kinds of
gangsters miserable to the point where it is no longer in their best
interest to dwell in and terrorize these communities.


LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.8418 of 2010, Referred to Rules

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
The first of November next succeeding the date it becomes law.

S2169A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   2169--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 18, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN,  DeFRANCISCO,  FUSCHILLO, GRIFFO, HANNON,
    JOHNSON,  LARKIN,  LAVALLE,  LITTLE,  MAZIARZ,  O'MARA,   RANZENHOFER,
    SALAND,  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
    be committed to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee
    on Codes in accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
    discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
    to said committee

  AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to enhanced sentencing for
    criminal possession of a weapon or criminal sale of  a  firearm,  when
    the crime is committed at the home of a child

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.18  to
  read as follows:

  S 265.18 ADDITIONAL  SENTENCE  WHEN  CRIMINAL  POSSESSION OF A WEAPON OR
             CRIMINAL SALE OF A FIREARM IS COMMITTED  AT  THE  HOME  OF  A
             CHILD.
    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHEN A
  PERSON IS CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A  WEAPON  AS  DEFINED  IN
  SECTIONS  265.04,  265.03  OR  265.02,  OR CRIMINAL SALE OF A FIREARM AS
  DEFINED IN SECTIONS 265.16, 265.14, 265.13, 265.12, OR  265.11  OF  THIS
  ARTICLE  AND THE TRIER OF FACT DETERMINES BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT
  THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED AT ANY DWELLING, MULTIPLE DWELLING OR  RESIDENCE
  WHERE  A  CHILD  UNDER  THE  AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS OLD IS DOMICILED, THE
  COURT SHALL  IMPOSE  AN  ADDITIONAL  CONSECUTIVE  SENTENCE  OF  TWO  AND
  ONE-HALF YEARS TO THE MINIMUM TERM OF A SENTENCE IMPOSED ON THE UNDERLY-
  ING  FELONY  OFFENSE.  IF  THE  TRIER  OF  FACT ALSO DETERMINES BEYOND A
  REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED AT SUCH RESIDENCE AND SUCH
  CHILD OR ANOTHER CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS OLD  WAS  PRESENT
  AT THE DWELLING, MULTIPLE DWELLING OR RESIDENCE, OR WITHIN THE CURTILAGE
  OF  SUCH,  AT  THE  TIME  OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME, THE ADDITIONAL

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD04287-03-2

 S. 2169--A                          2

  CONSECUTIVE SENTENCE SHALL BE NO LESS THAN  FIVE  YEARS.  HOWEVER,  SUCH
  ADDITIONAL  SENTENCE SHALL NOT BE IMPOSED IF THE COURT, HAVING REGARD TO
  THE NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CRIME AND TO THE HISTORY AND CHARAC-
  TER  OF  THE DEFENDANT, FINDS ON THE RECORD THAT SUCH ADDITIONAL CONSEC-
  UTIVE SENTENCE WOULD BE UNDULY HARSH AND THAT NOT IMPOSING SUCH SENTENCE
  WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WOULD NOT  DEPRECATE  THE
  SERIOUSNESS  OF THE CRIME. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO
  THE CONTRARY, THE AGGREGATE OF THE CONSECUTIVE TERM IMPOSED PURSUANT  TO
  THIS  SECTION AND THE MINIMUM TERM OF THE SENTENCE IMPOSED ON THE UNDER-
  LYING FELONY SHALL CONSTITUTE THE NEW AGGREGATE MINIMUM TERM  OF  IMPRI-
  SONMENT,  AND  A  PERSON SUBJECT TO SUCH TERM SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE
  THE ENTIRE AGGREGATE MINIMUM TERM AND SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR  RELEASE
  ON PAROLE OR CONDITIONAL RELEASE DURING SUCH TERM.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.