S 5707: Includes certain charges of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as a qualifying offense for consideration of an order of recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or bail.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5707 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to including certain charges of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as a qualifying offense for consideration of an order of recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or bail The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (u) of subdivision 4 of section 530.40 of the 2 criminal procedure law, as added by section 4 of subpart B of part UU of 3 chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 (u) criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in 5 subdivision two or three of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal 6 sale of a firearm to a minor as defined in section 265.16 of the penal 7 law. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03454-01-5