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A 1527: Relates to mandatory dispositions and the commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm; provides an additional five years imprisonment.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified April 21, 2026

What A 1527 does, verified April 21, 2026

The bill proposes to amend the penal law to require an additional sentence of imprisonment for five years for individuals convicted of a felony offense committed while in possession of a firearm. This mandatory dispositions clause will be added to the penal law, with the new section 60.14 outlining the requirements for such sentences. The law will take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date it becomes a law.

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Last action: held for consideration in codes (2026-04-21)Alert me
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Apr. 21, 2026held for consideration in codes
Jan. 07, 2026referred to codes
Jan. 10, 2025referred to codes
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 217 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1527 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY 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 
Text of A 1527 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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