New York A 3851: Relates to the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree

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A03851 Summary:

BILL NOA03851 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05232

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SPONSORWeprin (MS)

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COSPNSRShimsky, Lucas, Glick, Stern, Gandolfo, Chludzinski

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MLTSPNSRLevenberg

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Amd §176.75, Pen L

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Provides that anyone who directs, hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another individual to cause a collision involving a motor vehicle shall be guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.

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BILL NOA03851 

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01/30/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3851

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, SHIMSKY, LUCAS, GLICK, STERN -- Multi-
 Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of staging a
 motor vehicle accident in the second degree

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 176.75 of the penal law, as added by chapter 151 of
 2 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 176.75 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.
 4 A person is guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second
 5 degree when, with intent to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent
 6 insurance act, [he or she] such person operates a motor vehicle and
 7 intentionally causes a collision involving a motor vehicle, or directs,
 8 hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another individual
 9 to cause a collision involving a motor vehicle.
 10 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree is a class E
 11 felony.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07461-01-5

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