A 4688: Increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4688 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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 Subdivision 1-a of section 70.15 of the penal law is 2 REPEALED. 3 § 2.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. LBD08020-01-5