New York S 7076: Increases certain penalties for certain crimes relating to criminal possession of a weapon or firearm and to the release of information pertaining to youthful and adolescent offenders; repealer

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S07076 Summary:

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Increases certain penalties for certain crimes relating to criminal possession of a weapon or firearm; relates to the release of information to the public, schools or law enforcement pertaining to youthful and adolescent offenders; establishes the crime of criminal solicitation of a minor in a violent felony; repeals certain provisions relating to disclosure of law enforcement arrest or booking photographs of an individual.

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7076

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 penalties for certain
 crimes involving criminal possession of a weapon or firearm; to amend
 the criminal procedure law and the family court act, in relation to
 the release of information pertaining to youthful and adolescent
 offenders; to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the
 crime of criminal solicitation of a minor in a violent felony; and to
 repeal certain provisions of the public officers law relating to
 disclosure of law enforcement arrest or booking photographs of an
 individual

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

 1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 265.01 of the penal law,
 2 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree is a class [A
 5 misdemeanor] E felony.
 6 § 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 265.01-a of the
 7 penal law, as separately amended by chapters 138 and 354 of the laws of
 8 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 9 Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class [E] D
 10 felony.
 11 § 3. The closing paragraph of section 265.01-b of the penal law, as
 12 added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 13 Criminal possession of a firearm is a class [E] D felony.
 14 § 4. The closing paragraph of section 265.02 of the penal law, as
 15 amended by chapter 764 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 16 follows:
 17 Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree is a class [D] C
 18 felony.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11416-01-5

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 1 § 5. The closing paragraph of section 265.03 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 742 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree is a class [C] B
 5 felony.
 6 § 6. The closing paragraph of section 265.04 of the penal law, as
 7 amended by chapter 764 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 Criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree is a class [B] A-I
 10 felony.
 11 § 7. The closing paragraph of section 265.08 of the penal law, as
 12 added by chapter 233 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
 13 Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree is a class [C] B felo-
 14 ny.
 15 § 8. Section 265.09 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 650 of the
 16 laws of 1996, and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of
 17 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 18 § 265.09 Criminal use of a firearm in the first degree.
 19 (1) A person is guilty of criminal use of a firearm in the first
 20 degree when [he] such person commits any class B violent felony offense
 21 as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section 70.02 of this
 22 chapter and [he] such person either:
 23 (a) possesses a deadly weapon, if the weapon is a loaded weapon from
 24 which a