Assembly Bill A3316

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the unlawful wearing of a body vest

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Current 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
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2025-A3316 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§270.20 & 70.25, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8380
2017-2018: A4243, A10894
2019-2020: A6388
2021-2022: A4739
2023-2024: A5476

2025-A3316 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes it unlawful to wear a body vest while committing any crime while possessing a deadly weapon.

2025-A3316 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3316
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SMITH, DeSTEFANO, SAYEGH, MORINELLO, TANNOUSIS,
   McDONOUGH, ANGELINO -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful wearing of a
   body vest
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  270.20  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 371 of the laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  A  person  is  guilty  of  the unlawful wearing of body armor when
 acting either alone or with one or more other persons [he]  SUCH  PERSON
 commits  any [violent felony offense defined in section 70.02] MISDEMEA-
 NOR OR FELONY DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER while possessing a [firearm, rifle
 or shotgun] DEADLY WEAPON DEFINED IN SECTION 10.00 OF THIS  CHAPTER  and
 in  the  course  of  and  in  furtherance of such crime [he or she] SUCH
 PERSON wears body armor.
   § 2. Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new  subdi-
 vision 2-h to read as follows:
   2-H. WHENEVER A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL WEARING OF A BODY VEST
 AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION 270.20 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE SENTENCE IMPOSED BY
 THE COURT FOR SUCH OFFENSE  SHALL  RUN  CONSECUTIVELY  TO  ANY  SENTENCE
 IMPOSED  UPON  CONVICTION  OF A MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY OFFENSE DEFINED IN
 THIS CHAPTER ARISING FROM THE SAME CRIMINAL TRANSACTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01493-01-5

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