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A 6429: Relates to second felony drug offenders.
What A 6429 does, verified March 14, 2026
The bill aims to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law in New York. It specifically targets second felony drug offenders who have not previously committed a violent felony. The bill allows these offenders to be treated as second felony offenders, rather than third felony offenders. This change is intended to provide a more nuanced approach to sentencing for individuals with multiple prior convictions. The bill also repeals a specific section of the penal law that previously restricted the application of certain sentencing rules to second felony offenders. The changes take effect immediately and apply to cases where a sentence is imposed on or after the effective date.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6429
- What is the current status of A 6429?
- As of March 14, 2026, A 6429 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 6429 pass?
- Not yet. A 6429 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6429, and where is it now?
- A 6429 was authored by Asm. Gabriella Romero with 7 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to codes |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 4, 2025 · 369 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6429 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to second felony drug offenders; and to repeal subdivision 4 of section 70.70 of the penal law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 70.70 of the 2 penal law, as amended by section 23 of part AAA of chapter 56 of the 3 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Applicability. This subdivision shall apply to a second felony 5 drug offender [whose prior felony conviction was not a violent felony]. 6 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 70.70 of the penal law is REPEALED. 7 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 216.00 of the criminal 8 procedure law, as added by section 4 of part AAA of chapter 56 of the 9 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 10 (a) within the preceding ten years, excluding any time during which 11 the offender was incarcerated for any reason between the time of commis- 12 sion of the previous felony and the time of commission of the present 13 felony, has previously been convicted of[: (i) a violent felony offense14as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or (ii) any other offense15for which a merit time allowance is not available pursuant to subpara-16graph (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section eight hundred17three of the correction law, or (iii)] a class A felony offense [defined18in article two hundred twenty of the penal law]; or 19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to cases 20 where a sentence upon a conviction is imposed on or after such effective 21 date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06486-01-5
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