STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN SENATE
April 20, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 the sentence for first
degree manslaughter
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 70.40 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. First degree manslaughter. Notwithstanding any provision of law to
4 the contrary, a person who is serving one or more than one indeterminate
5 or determinate sentence of imprisonment for one or more than one
6 conviction of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree, as
7 defined in section 125.20 of this chapter, shall not be eligible for
8 conditional release pursuant to this section for any sentence of impri-
9 sonment imposed upon conviction for such offense.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15506-01-8
