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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A01836Relates to the prosecution of certain juveniles between the ages of 16 and 18 charged with certain felony offenses, including possession of a firearm; relates to the transfer of such cases to family court.
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Removes the prior requirement that adolescent offenders charged with violent felonies or certain firearm felonies (article 265) must be prosecuted as adults unless the court finds otherwise; instead makes transfer to family court the default option except for specific serious cases.
Other than any class A felony except for those defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law, a violent felony defined in section 70.02 of the penal law, a felony listed in paragraph one or two of subdivision forty-two of section 1.20 of this chapter, a felony in violation of article two hundred sixty-five of the penal law, or an offense set forth in the vehicle and traffic law, the court may, but shall not be required to, order removal after considering the criteria specified in subdivision two of section 722.22 of this article;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends rules on adolescent offender removal to family court. It deletes language that treated display/possession of a firearm in furtherance of an offense as an automatic bar to removal, and expands the set of cases where the court has discretion to order removal to family court (including many article 265 firearm felonies). This makes juvenile treatment more available for firearm-related offenses, which expands the firearms axis per the rule that repealing or limiting a restriction on the activity expands it. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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