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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S07419Permits courts to remand a principal to the custody of the sheriff for felony offenses involving the possession of firearms and weapons.
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↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Broadens the list of firearm and weapon possession felonies (under article 265) for which courts may remand the defendant to custody pretrial, so more such defendants are held in jail before trial.
any felony offense involving criminal possession of a firearm or criminal possession of a weapon in violation of article two hundred sixty-five of the penal law
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends multiple provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law to expand the category of firearm- and weapon-related felonies that qualify for pretrial remand to sheriff's custody. It does so by striking the narrow references to specific subdivisions and sections of the Penal Law and replacing them with any violation of article 265. This change has no direct effect on the underlying ability to buy, own, carry or make firearms, but it increases the likelihood that persons charged with such offenses will be detained pretrial rather than released.
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