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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
   criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
 penal law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (a)  Class  B  violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit the class
 A-I felonies of murder in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
 125.25, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25, and
 arson  in the first degree as defined in section 150.20; manslaughter in
 the first degree as defined in section 125.20,  aggravated  manslaughter
 in  the  first  degree  as  defined in section 125.22, rape in the first
 degree as defined in section 130.35, a crime formerly defined in section
 130.50, aggravated sexual abuse  in  the  first  degree  as  defined  in
 section  130.70,  course  of sexual conduct against a child in the first
 degree as defined in section 130.75, assault  in  the  first  degree  as
 defined in section 120.10, kidnapping in the second degree as defined in
 section  135.20,  burglary  in  the  first  degree as defined in section
 140.30, arson in the second degree as defined in section 150.15, robbery
 in the first degree as defined in section  160.15,  sex  trafficking  as
 defined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision five of section 230.34,
 sex trafficking of a child as defined in section 230.34-a, incest in the
 first  degree  as  defined  in  section 255.27, criminal possession of a
 weapon in the first degree as defined in section 265.04, criminal use of
 a firearm in the first degree as defined  in  section  265.09,  criminal
 sale  of  a  firearm  in  the first degree as defined in section 265.13,
 aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer  as  defined
 in  section  120.11,  gang  assault  in  the  first degree as defined in

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 section 120.07, intimidating a victim or witness in the first degree  as
 defined in section 215.17, CRIMINAL USE OF WEAPONS; FIRING INTO A CROWD-
 ED  SPACE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 265.34, hindering prosecution of terror-
 ism  in  the  first  degree  as  defined  in  section  490.35,  criminal
 possession of a chemical weapon  or  biological  weapon  in  the  second
 degree  as  defined  in  section  490.40, and criminal use of a chemical
 weapon or biological weapon in the third degree as  defined  in  section
 490.47.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 70.02 of the penal law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  765 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) For a class B felony, the term must be at  least  five  years  and
 must not exceed twenty-five years, provided, however, that the term must
 be:    (i) at least ten years and must not exceed thirty years where the
 sentence is for the crime of aggravated assault upon a police officer or
 peace officer as defined in section 120.11 of this chapter;  [and]  (ii)
 at  least  ten years and must not exceed thirty years where the sentence
 is for the crime of aggravated  manslaughter  in  the  first  degree  as
 defined  in  section  125.22  of this chapter; AND (III) AT LEAST TWENTY
 YEARS WHERE THE SENTENCE IS FOR THE CRIME OF CRIMINAL  USE  OF  WEAPONS;
 FIRING  INTO  A CROWDED SPACE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 265.34 OF THIS CHAP-
 TER;
   § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.34  to  read
 as follows:
 § 265.34 CRIMINAL USE OF WEAPONS; FIRING INTO A CROWDED SPACE.
   A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL USE OF WEAPONS; FIRING INTO A CROWDED
 SPACE WHEN, BEING EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD OR  OLDER,  WITH  INTENT  TO  CAUSE
 PHYSICAL  INJURY  TO  ANOTHER PERSON, SUCH PERSON FIRES A FIREARM INTO A
 CROWDED SPACE WITH THE INTENT TO HARM OR ABSENT THE INTENT TO HARM  WHEN
 SUCH  AN  ACT CREATES A GREAT RISK OF DEATH TO ONE OR MORE PEOPLE WITHIN
 THE CROWDED SPACE.
   (I) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "CROWDED SPACE" SHALL  MEAN  A
 SPACE  CONSISTING OF THREE OR MORE PEOPLE WITHIN ONE GENERAL OR SPECIFIC
 AREA.
   (II) FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "GREAT  RISK"  SHALL  MEAN
 CONSISTING  OF  WANTON OR RECKLESS BEHAVIOR THAT EVINCES DEPRAVED INDIF-
 FERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE WITHIN SUCH CROWDED SPACE.
   CRIMINAL USE OF WEAPONS; FIRING INTO A CROWDED  SPACE  IS  A  CLASS  B
 FELONY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.