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A1527 • 2025

Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm

Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm

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Sponsor
John K. Mikulin
Last action
2026-04-21
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm

Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm; provides an additional five years imprisonment.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm; provides an additional five years imprisonment.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-21 Assembly

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES

  2. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

  3. 2025-01-10 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm
Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm; provides an additional five years imprisonment.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1527

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 10, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to mandatory dispositions and
          commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 60.14 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 60.14 MANDATORY DISPOSITIONS; COMMISSION OF A FELONY OFFENSE WHILE  IN
     4            POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
     5    WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY OFFENSE THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED
     6  WHILE  IN  THE  POSSESSION  OR  ACCOMPANIMENT  OF A FIREARM, THE COURT'S
     7  SENTENCE OF SUCH DEFENDANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  ARTICLE
     8  SEVENTY  OF  THIS TITLE SHALL INCLUDE A MANDATORY ADDITIONAL SENTENCE OF
     9  IMPRISONMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    11  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00131-01-5