Assembly Bill A7066

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Includes offenses involving the possession, display or discharge of certain firearms as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail

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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-A7066 (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:
A1503

2021-A7066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes offenses involving the possession, display or discharge of a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, or disguised gun as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail.

2021-A7066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7066
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  including
   offenses  involving the possession, display or discharge of a firearm,
   rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, or disguised gun as  qualifying  offenses
   for  the  purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on
   bail
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (s) and (t) of subdivision 4 of section 510.10
 of the criminal procedure law, as added by section 2 of part UU of chap-
 ter 56 of the laws of 2020, are amended and a new paragraph (u) is added
 to read as follows:
   (s) a felony, where the defendant qualifies  for  sentencing  on  such
 charge  as a persistent felony offender pursuant to section 70.10 of the
 penal law; [or]
   (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] PARAGRAPH, any of the underlying  crimes
 need not be a qualifying offense as defined in this subdivision[.]; OR
   (U)  ANY  MISDEMEANOR  OR  FELONY  OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW
 INVOLVING THE POSSESSION, DISPLAY OR  DISCHARGE  OF  A  FIREARM,  RIFLE,
 SHOTGUN, MACHINE-GUN, OR DISGUISED GUN.
   § 2. Subparagraphs (xix) and (xx) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of
 section 530.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by section 3 of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10809-02-1

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