Assembly BillIntroduced
A 4161: Prohibits removal of an adolescent offender to family court where the defendant possessed a loaded firearm during the commission of the offense.
What A 4161 does, verified April 10, 2026
The proposed law aims to modify the circumstances under which adolescent offenders can be removed from family court to the criminal court. Currently, the law requires that the district attorney prove by a preponderance of evidence that the defendant committed a serious offense, such as causing significant physical injury to someone or displaying a firearm during the commission of the offense. The proposed law would expand this requirement to include other serious offenses, such as unlawful sexual contact. The law would take effect immediately, allowing for the removal of adolescent offenders to the criminal court in these circumstances.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to codes |
| Apr. 02, 2025 | held for consideration in codes |
| Jan. 31, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 31, 2025 · 341 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4161 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to prohibiting removal of adolescent offenders to family court in certain circum- stances The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 722.23 of the 2 criminal procedure law, as amended by section 1-a of part WWW of chapter 3 59 of the laws of 2017 and subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdi- 4 vision 2 as amended by section 1 part AA of chapter 55 of the laws of 5 2024, is amended to read as follows: 6 (c) The court shall order the action to proceed in accordance with 7 subdivision one of this section unless, after reviewing the papers and 8 hearing from the parties, the court determines in writing that the 9 district attorney proved by a preponderance of the evidence one or more 10 of the following as set forth in the accusatory instrument: 11 (i) the defendant caused significant physical injury to a person other 12 than a participant in the offense; or 13 (ii) the defendant displayed a firearm, shotgun, rifle or deadly weap- 14 on as defined in the penal law in furtherance of such offense; or 15 (iii) the defendant possessed a loaded firearm as defined in subdivi- 16 sion fifteen of section 265.00 of the penal law during the commission of 17 the offense; or 18 (iv) the defendant unlawfully engaged in vaginal sexual contact, oral 19 sexual contact, anal sexual contact, or sexual contact as defined in 20 section 130.00 of the penal law. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03353-01-5
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