New York A 6986: Enacts "Brendon's law" relating to motor vehicle speed contests, races, sideshows and street takeovers

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A06986 Summary:

BILL NOA06986A

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SAME ASSAME AS S10059-A

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SPONSORGiglio

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COSPNSRAngelino, Blumencranz

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1182, add §1212-a, V & T L; amd §145.05, Pen L

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Enacts "Brendon's law" to prohibit participation, including spectators within two hundred feet, of any motor vehicle speed contest, sideshow and street takeovers; authorizes seizure and forfeiture; adds damaging an authorized emergency vehicle as constituting the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree.

Go to top A06986 Actions:

BILL NOA06986A

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03/18/2025referred to transportation

05/28/2025held for consideration in transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

05/04/2026amend (t) and recommit to transportation

05/04/2026print number 6986a

Go to topA06986 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION Chair:Magnarelli 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:16/7 Action: Held for Consideration MagnarelliAyeMillerNay

LupardoAyeMcDonoughExcused

SimonAyeDeStefanoNay

WilliamsExcusedDursoNay

McMahonAyeGiglioNay

GallagherAyeSlaterNay

MitaynesAyeBendettNay

De Los SantosAyeChludzinskiNay

CunninghamAye

AlvarezAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

EachusAye

BurroughsAbsent

WrightAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

HooksAye

Go to topA06986 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06986 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6986--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO, ANGELINO, BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to motor vehi-
 cle speed contests, sideshows and street takeovers; and to amend the
 penal law, in relation to the crime of criminal mischief in the third
 degree

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Brendon's
 2 law".
 3 § 2. Section 1182 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 4 ter 594 of the laws of 1987, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by section
 5 9 of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 § 1182. Speed contests and races. 1. (a) Except as provided in section
 8 eleven hundred eighty-two-a of this article or section sixteen hundred
 9 thirty, sixteen hundred forty, sixteen hundred forty-two or sixteen
 10 hundred sixty of this chapter, no races, exhibitions or contests of
 11 speed shall be held and no person shall engage [in or aid or abet] or
 12 participate in any motor vehicle or other speed contest or exhibition of
 13 speed on a highway. "Participate in" shall mean to organize, facilitate,
 14 promote, take or have a part or share in, partake in, share in, take
 15 part in, indulge in, contribute to, engage in, concur in, be a party to,
 16 compete in, undertake, or participate in profits to a speed contest or
 17 race. For the purposes of this section "participate in" shall also
 18 include wagering on the outcome of a speed contest or race; making an
 19 invitation to race; acting as a starter or flag person; pushing or posi-
 20 tioning a motor vehicle to a starting line; operating, riding in, or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09419-04-6

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 1 positioning a motor vehicle for the purpose of engaging in, facilitat-
 2 ing, continuing, or establishing a boundary area for a race; and direct-
 3 ing persons or motor vehicles for the purposes of engaging in, facili-
 4 tating, or continuing a race.
 5 (b) No person shall knowingly be present as a spectator within two
 6 hundred feet of any speed contest or race. A "spectator" shall mean any
 7 person who is knowingly present at a speed contest or race for the
 8 purpose of viewing, observing, watching, or witnessing the event as it
 9 progresses.
 10 (c) Such event, if held, shall be fully and efficiently patrolled for
 11 the entire distance over w