STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6660 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to burglary in the second degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 140.25 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 361 of the laws of 1981, is amended and a new subdi- 3 vision 3 is added to read as follows: 4 2. The building is a dwelling[.]; or 5 3. The building is a dwelling which, at the time of the commission of 6 the crime, is occupied by a person who is not a participant in the 7 crime. 8 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the penal law, 9 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the 12 class B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra- 13 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra- 14 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.21, 15 aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree as defined in section 16 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman or emergency 17 medical services professional as defined in section 120.08, assault on a 18 judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault in the second degree as 19 defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the first degree as defined 20 in section 121.13, burglary in the second degree as defined in subdivi- 21 sions one and three of section 140.25, robbery in the second degree as 22 defined in section 160.10, criminal possession of a weapon in the second 23 degree as defined in section 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in the 24 second degree as defined in section 265.08, criminal sale of a firearm 25 in the second degree as defined in section 265.12, criminal sale of a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05584-01-7

S. 6660 2 1 firearm with the aid of a minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated 2 criminal possession of a weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting 3 or providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree as 4 defined in section 490.15, hindering prosecution of terrorism in the 5 second degree as defined in section 490.30, and criminal possession of a 6 chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree as defined in 7 section 490.37. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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