Provides that when a person is convicted of two or more felony counts and at least one of which is an offense defined in article 265 of the penal law involving the possession or use of an illegal firearm, rifle or shotgun, the sentences must run consecutively.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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152
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. PALUMBO, BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- 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 consecutive terms of
imprisonment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 2-h to read as follows:
3 2-h. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when
4 a person is convicted of two or more felony counts and at least one of
5 which is an offense defined in article two hundred sixty-five of this
6 chapter involving the possession or use of an illegal firearm, rifle or
7 shotgun, the sentences must run consecutively.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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