New York A 592: Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is a police officer

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A00592 Summary:

BILL NOA00592 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01254

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRGriffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§60.06 & 70.00, Pen L

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Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is a police officer.

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BILL NOA00592 

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01/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 592

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to making life imprisonment
 without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the
 first degree and the victim is a police officer

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

 1 Section 1. Section 60.06 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 482
 2 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 60.06 Authorized disposition; murder in the first degree offenders;
 4 aggravated murder offenders; certain murder in the second
 5 degree offenders; certain terrorism offenders; criminal
 6 possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon offen-
 7 ders; criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon
 8 offenders.
 9 When a defendant is convicted of murder in the first degree as defined
 10 in section 125.27 of this chapter, the court shall, in accordance with
 11 the provisions of section 400.27 of the criminal procedure law, sentence
 12 the defendant to death, to life imprisonment without parole in accord-
 13 ance with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title, or, except as
 14 provided in subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title, to a term
 15 of imprisonment for a class A-I felony other than a sentence of life
 16 imprisonment without parole, in accordance with subdivisions one through
 17 three of section 70.00 of this title. When a person is convicted of
 18 murder in the second degree as defined in subdivision five of section
 19 125.25 of this chapter or of the crime of aggravated murder as defined
 20 in subdivision one of section 125.26 of this chapter, the court shall
 21 sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole in accordance
 22 with subdivision five of section 70.00 of this title. When a defendant
 23 is convicted of the crime of terrorism as defined in section 490.25 of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02405-01-5

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 1 this chapter, and the specified offense the defendant committed is a
 2 class A-I felony offense, or when a defendant is convicted of the crime
 3 of criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the
 4 first degree as defined in section 490.45 of this chapter, or when a
 5 defendant is convicted of the crime of criminal use of a chemical weapon
 6 or biological weapon in the first degree as defined in section 490.55 of
 7 this chapter, the court shall sentence the defendant to life imprison-
 8 ment without parole in accordance with subdivision five of section 70.00
 9 of this title; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall
 10 preclude or prevent a sentence of death when the defendant is also
 11 convicted of murder in the first degree as defined in section 125.27 of
 12 this chapter. When a defendant is convicted of aggravated murder as
 13 defined in subdivision two of section 125.26 of this chapter, the court
 14 shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole or to a
 15 term of imprisonment for a class A-I felony other than a sentence of
 16 life imprisonment without parole, in accordance with subdivisions one
 17 through three of section 70.00 of this title.
 18 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 70.00 of the penal law, as amended by
 19 section 40-a of part WWW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended
 20 to read as follows:
 21 5. Life imprisonment without parole. Notwithstanding