NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7575A
SPONSOR: Lancman TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the
definition of serious offense
PURPOSE: This bill would improve public safety and prevent domestic
violence incidents from escalating into even greater violence by keeping
guns out of the hands of domestic violence perpetrators.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 17 of section
265.00 of the Penal Law by adding a new paragraph c to include any
offense which would constitute a family offense pursuant to section
eight hundred twelve of the family court act, where the victim of such
offense was a family or household member as defined in that section.
Section 2 establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: A firearm in the hands of any criminal is a threat,
and this is especially true if it is in the hands of a domestic abuser.
Fifty-four percent of female homicides are committed with a firearm and
two thirds of all women killed with firearms are killed by their male
partners. By prohibiting domestic violence perpetrators from lawfully
possessing a firearm, this legislation will protect women and limit the
number of domestic violence incidences which escalate to fatal conse-
quences through the use of a gun.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7575--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 16, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the definition of serious
offense
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 17 of section 265.00 of the penal law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
3 (c) An offense which would constitute a family offense pursuant to
4 section eight hundred twelve of the family court act, where the victim
5 of such offense was a "family or household member" as defined in that
6 section.
7 § 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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