Bill Commons

NY S 5881

in committee

Provides for sentence of life without parole for defendants convicted of certain sex offenses against a child or mentally disabled person; repealer

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5881 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5881 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 5881 about?

Provides for the imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for defendants convicted of certain sex offenses against a child or mentally disabled person.

Who sponsors NY S 5881?

Andrew J. Lanza is the primary sponsor of NY S 5881, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides for the imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for defendants convicted of certain sex offenses against a child or mentally disabled person.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Andrew J. Lanzaprimary
  • Dean Murraycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-03

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 4516not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2300not in this corpus
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  • Prior session: S 6152not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1787not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4905not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4094not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5881?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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