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NY S03825
Bill
Status
1/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Luis Sepulveda
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AI Summary
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Establishes that all felony offenders, regardless of the crime or sentence imposed, become eligible for parole after serving no more than 25 years of their sentence
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Eliminates life imprisonment without parole, replacing it with life imprisonment with eligibility for parole after 25 years for crimes including first-degree murder, aggravated murder, terrorism involving Class A-I felonies, and criminal possession or use of chemical or biological weapons
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Prohibits courts from imposing consecutive prison terms that exceed 25 years total
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Repeals the existing statutory provision for life imprisonment without parole (subdivision 2-a of section 70.20 of the penal law)
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Takes effect 90 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Requires that all felony offenders shall be eligible for parole after serving no more than twenty-five years of their sentence; eliminates the possibility of serving consecutive terms of imprisonment which exceed a twenty-five year sentence.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026