A 3316: Makes it unlawful to wear a body vest while committing any crime while possessing a deadly weapon.
What A 3316 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to strengthen laws related to violent crimes by making it a crime to wear body armor while committing a violent felony offense or a felony offense in the course of a crime. This new law would increase penalties for individuals convicted of unlawful wearing of body armor, making their sentence run consecutively with any sentence imposed for other crimes arising from the same transaction. The law would take effect 60 days after it becomes a law.
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Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 3316
- What is the current status of A 3316?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 3316 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to codes".
- Did A 3316 pass?
- Not yet. A 3316 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 3316, and where is it now?
- A 3316 was authored by Asm. Doug Smith with 6 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Codes. It is filed under Penal, alongside 132 other New York Penal bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to codes |
| Jan. 27, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 27, 2025 · 315 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3316 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMITH, DeSTEFANO, SAYEGH, MORINELLO, TANNOUSIS, McDONOUGH, ANGELINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful wearing of a body vest The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 270.20 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. A person is guilty of the unlawful wearing of body armor when 5 acting either alone or with one or more other persons [he] such person 6 commits any [violent felony offense defined in section 70.02] misdemea- 7 nor or felony defined in this chapter while possessing a [firearm, rifle8or shotgun] deadly weapon defined in section 10.00 of this chapter and 9 in the course of and in furtherance of such crime [he or she] such 10 person wears body armor. 11 § 2. Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi- 12 vision 2-h to read as follows: 13 2-h. Whenever a person is convicted of unlawful wearing of a body vest 14 as defined in section 270.20 of this chapter, the sentence imposed by 15 the court for such offense shall run consecutively to any sentence 16 imposed upon conviction of a misdemeanor or felony offense defined in 17 this chapter arising from the same criminal transaction. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01493-01-5
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