Senate Bill S2720

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve his or her maximum term, if release would pose an imminent threat to society

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2015-S2720 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2411
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §70.40, Pen L; amd §803, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6020, A8915
2013-2014: S3871, A2618
2017-2018: S2730, A2392
2019-2020: S4734
2021-2022: S4197
2023-2024: S3273

2015-S2720 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve his or her maximum term, if, by clear and convincing evidence, release would pose an imminent threat to society; authorizes the withholding of good behavior allowances of violent felony offenders by the state board of parole upon such a finding.

2015-S2720 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2720

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  GRIFFO,  DeFRANCISCO,  FUNKE,  LARKIN,  NOZZOLIO,
  RITCHIE, SAVINO, SERINO, SEWARD -- 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  denial  of  parole  to
  certain  inmates  who  have been convicted of a violent felony offense
  when the state board of parole finds, by convincing evidence, that the
  release of such inmate would pose an imminent threat to  society;  and
  to amend the correction law, in relation to making the earning of good
  behavior allowances for violent felony offenders contingent upon their
  not being an imminent threat to society upon release

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of  section  70.40  of  the
penal law, as amended by section 127-d-1 of subpart B of part C of chap-
ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (b)  A  person  who  is  serving one or more than one indeterminate or
determinate sentence of imprisonment shall, if he or she so requests, be
conditionally released from the  institution  in  which  he  or  she  is
confined when the total good behavior time allowed to him or her, pursu-
ant  to  the  provisions of the correction law, is equal to the unserved
portion of his or her term, maximum  term  or  aggregate  maximum  term;
provided,  however,  that  (i) in no event shall a person serving one or
more indeterminate sentence of imprisonment and one or more  determinate
sentence   of  imprisonment  which  run  concurrently  be  conditionally
released until serving at least six-sevenths of the determinate term  of
imprisonment which has the longest unexpired time to run; and (ii) in no
event  shall  a  person  be  conditionally released prior to the date on
which such person is first eligible for  discretionary  parole  release;
AND  (III) IN THE EVENT THAT THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE FINDS, IN WRITING
AND BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, THAT THE RELEASE OF A PERSON SERV-
ING ANY SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR THE CONVICTION OF A VIOLENT  FELONY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03471-01-5
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.