A 5186: Relates to the unlawful wearing of a body vest; provides that a person is guilty of the unlawful wearing of a body vest when such person commits a certain misdemeanor or felony and in the course of and in furtherance of such crime such person wears a body vest.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5186 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful wearing of body armor 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 while 7 possessing a firearm, rifle or shotgun] misdemeanor or felony defined in 8 this chapter and in the course of and in furtherance of such crime [he 9 or she] such person wears body armor. 10 § 2. Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi- 11 vision 2-h to read as follows: 12 2-h. Whenever a person is convicted of unlawful wearing of body armor 13 as defined in section 270.20 of this chapter, the sentence imposed by 14 the court for such offense shall run consecutively to any sentence 15 imposed upon conviction of a misdemeanor or felony offense defined in 16 this chapter arising from the same criminal transaction. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01684-01-5