Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 19, 2022 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A8904
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
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
Actions
2021-A8904 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A8904 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8904 I N A S S E M B L Y January 19, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to creating penalties for straw purchasers of firearms THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 115.08 of the penal law, as added by chapter 422 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: § 115.08 Criminal facilitation in the first degree. A person is guilty of criminal facilitation in the first degree when[,]: 1. believing it probable that he OR SHE is rendering aid to a person under sixteen years of age who intends to engage in conduct that would constitute a class A felony, he OR SHE, being over eighteen years of age, engages in conduct which provides such person with means or oppor- tunity for the commission thereof and which in fact aids such person to commit such a class A felony; OR 2. HE OR SHE PURCHASES A FIREARM IN HIS OR HER NAME WITH THE INTENT OF TRANSFERRING POSSESSION OF SUCH FIREARM TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL AND DOES SO TRANSFER SUCH FIREARM; OR 3. HE OR SHE ALLOWS ANOTHER PERSON TO USE HIS OR HER FIREARM TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMISSION OF A CLASS A OR CLASS B FELONY. Criminal facilitation in the first degree is a class B felony. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14174-01-1
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