Bill Text: NY S03511 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3511

Introduced

Bill Title: Increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - REFERRED TO CODES [S03511 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S03511-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3511

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 28, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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  increasing  the  maximum
          sentence  of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year; and to
          repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.    Subdivision  1-a  of  section 70.15 of the penal law is
     2  REPEALED.
     3    § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of  section  70.15  of  the  penal  law,  as
     4  amended  by  section 1 of part OO of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, are
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    1. Class A misdemeanor. A sentence  of  imprisonment  for  a  class  A
     7  misdemeanor  shall  be  a  definite  sentence.  When  such a sentence is
     8  imposed the term shall be fixed by  the  court,  and  shall  not  exceed
     9  [three hundred sixty-four days] one year.
    10    3. Unclassified misdemeanor. A sentence of imprisonment for an unclas-
    11  sified misdemeanor shall be a definite sentence. When such a sentence is
    12  imposed the term shall be fixed by the court, and shall be in accordance
    13  with  the  sentence  specified  in the law or ordinance that defines the
    14  crime [but, in any event, it shall not exceed three  hundred  sixty-four
    15  days].
    16    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
    18  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    19  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    20  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.


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