Assembly Bill A6737

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to securing orders for certain firearms offenses

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  • 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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2021-A6737 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§510.10, 530.20 & 530.40, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4729

2021-A6737 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits courts to remand a principal to the custody of the sheriff for felony offenses involving the possession of firearms and weapons.

2021-A6737 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6737
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the authority
   to  remand  a principal charged with certain felony offenses involving
   the possession of firearms or weapons
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (t)  of subdivision 4 of section 510.10 of the
 criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of part UU of  chapter  56
 of the laws of 2020, is amended and a new paragraph (u) is added to read
 as follows:
   (t)  any  felony or class A misdemeanor involving harm to an identifi-
 able person or property, where such charge arose from conduct  occurring
 while  the  defendant  was  released  on  his or her own recognizance or
 released under conditions for a separate felony or class  A  misdemeanor
 involving harm to an identifiable person or property, provided, however,
 that  the  prosecutor  must  show  reasonable  cause to believe that the
 defendant committed the instant crime and any underlying crime. For  the
 purposes  of this subparagraph, any of the underlying crimes need not be
 a qualifying offense as defined in this subdivision[.], OR
   (U) ANY FELONY OFFENSE INVOLVING  CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM  OR
 CRIMINAL  POSSESSION  OF  A  WEAPON  IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED
 SIXTY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 2. Subparagraph (xx) of paragraph (b) of subdivision  1  of  section
 530.20  of  the criminal procedure law,  as amended by section 3 of part
 UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended and a new  subparagraph
 (xxi) is added to read as follows:
   (xx)  any felony or class A misdemeanor involving harm to an identifi-
 able person or property, where such charge arose from conduct  occurring
 while  the  defendant  was  released  on  his or her own recognizance or
 released under conditions for a separate felony or class  A  misdemeanor

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

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