New York S 990: Classifies criminal possession of a firearm from a class E felony to a class D felony

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S00990 Summary:

BILL NOS00990 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03659

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SPONSORROLISON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §265.01-b, Pen L

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Classifies criminal possession of a firearm from a class E felony to a class D felony.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 990

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to classifying criminal
 possession of a firearm from a class E felony to a class D felony

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 265.01-b of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
 2 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 265.01-b Criminal possession of a firearm.
 4 A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm when [he or
 5 she] such person: (1) possesses any firearm or; (2) lawfully possesses
 6 a firearm prior to the effective date of [the] chapter one of the laws
 7 of two thousand thirteen [which added this section] subject to the
 8 registration requirements of subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of
 9 this chapter and knowingly fails to register such firearm pursuant to
 10 such subdivision.
 11 Criminal possession of a firearm is a class [E] D felony.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00419-01-5

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