Proposed New York Firearm Legislation A09023
Legislation Overview
Title: Enacts the "witness protection and gang violence reduction act of 2014"; establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated enterprise corruption for the commission of enterprise corruption entailing the commission of A and B felonies; enhances crimes related to gang assault; establishes the class C felony of coercion in the first degree for coercion committed upon a person under sixteen years of age, or at a school or upon or near a school bus; expands the offenses related to tampering with a witness, and intimidating a victim or witness; enhances the offenses related to obstructing governmental administration; limits the scope of the granting of immunity from criminal prosecution; expands the scope of criminal use of a firearm; provides that prior contradictory statements in a criminal proceeding shall constitute evidence in chief.
Description: Enacts the "witness protection and gang violence reduction act of 2014"; establishes the class A-I felony of aggravated enterprise corruption for the commission of enterprise corruption entailing the commission of A and B felonies; enhances crimes related to gang assault; establishes the class C felony of coercion in the first degree for coercion committed upon a person under sixteen years of age, or at a school or upon or near a school bus; expands the offenses related to tampering with a witness, and intimidating a victim or witness; enhances the offenses related to obstructing governmental administration; limits the scope of the granting of immunity from criminal prosecution; expands the scope of criminal use of a firearm; provides that prior contradictory statements in a criminal proceeding shall constitute evidence in chief.
Session: 2013-2014 General Assembly
Last Action: referred to codes
Last Action Date: March 7, 2014
Companion Bill: S03767
Sponsors
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25 sponsors: Luis R. Sepulveda;Annette Robinson; Dov Hikind; Matthew Titone; Marcos A. Crespo; Walter T. Mosley;Andrew P. Raia; Al Graf; Chad A. Lupinacci;David G. McDonough; Earlene Hooper; José Rivera;William Colton; Michelle Schimel; Joseph Borelli;James F. Brennan; Vivian E. Cook; Clifford W. Crouch; Sandy Galef; Kieran Michael Lalor;Michael Montesano; Francisco P. Moya; Anthony H. Palumbo;Joseph S. Saladino; Robert K. Sweeney;
Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 17% (25 of 150)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Assembly | Mar 7, 2014 | referred to codes |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 7, 2014 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
