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NY S07699
Bill
Status
10/13/2023
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Griffo
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AI Summary
S. 7699 Summary
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Creates enhanced criminal penalties for weapons offenses committed on or within 5,000 feet of school grounds, with sentences ranging from misdemeanor to Class A felony depending on the specific weapon offense.
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Expands notification requirements for juvenile delinquents and youthful offenders enrolled in schools to include detailed records (petitions, court orders, probation reports) provided to designated school officials for safety planning purposes, regardless of record sealing or expungement.
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Increases annual earnings limitations to $50,000 for retired police officers employed by school districts or boards of cooperative educational services as school resource officers or similar safety positions, effective 2024 and thereafter.
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Establishes new "community safety and well-being" pretrial detention hearings for defendants charged with serious offenses, requiring judges to consider defendant's community ties (residence, employment, education, family) and apply clear and convincing evidence standard before detention.
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Modifies adolescent offender removal standards by defining "extraordinary circumstances" and "significant physical injury" more restrictively, and changes the firearm possession standard from "displayed" to "was illegally in possession of a loaded firearm" to limit removal to family court eligibility.
Legislative Description
Enhances sentences for certain offenses involving weapons on or near school grounds; relates to the availability of certain records of juvenile delinquents or youthful offenders; relates to annual earnings limitations for certain retired police officers employed by a school district or a board of cooperative educational services; adds a defendant's identifiable ties to the community and state to consideration for whether to fix a securing order, including residence, employment, enrollment with an educational institution, and immediate family; allows courts to hold a pre-trial community safety and well-being hearing; relates to the court's consideration of the existence of extraordinary circumstances and significant physical injury in determining whether to remove adolescent offenders to family court; defines such terms; provides factors for the court's consideration of whether extraordinary circumstances exist; exempts adolescent offenders who were illegally in possession of a loaded firearm from those authorized to be removed to family court; modifies the crime of criminal solicitation in the third degree.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/3/2024