 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2501
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 20, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- 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.
                                                                   LBD06942-01-3
Relates to consecutive terms of imprisonment

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