New York S 258: Enacts"Bryan Johnson's law"

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S00258 Summary:

BILL NOS00258 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01814

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BORRELLO, HARCKHAM, MATTERA, MURRAY, PALUMBO, RHOADS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1192, V & T L

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Enacts "Bryan Johnson's law"; includes prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated.

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BILL NOS00258 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

02/10/20251ST REPORT CAL.300

02/11/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/12/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/05/2025PASSED SENATE

03/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/05/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.774

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/12/2026PASSED SENATE

05/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 258

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, ADDABBO, BORRELLO, HARCKHAM, PALUMBO --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to including
 prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence
 of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Bryan Johnson's Law".
 3 § 2. Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
 4 a new subdivision 8-b to read as follows:
 5 8-b. Effect of prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under
 6 the influence of alcohol or drugs. A prior conviction for operation of a
 7 vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs under paragraph
 8 (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the
 9 navigation law within the preceding ten years shall be considered by the
 10 court for purposes of determining penalties imposed for a violation of
 11 subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of this section or for
 12 purposes of any administrative action required to be taken pursuant to
 13 subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three of this article.
 14 A prior conviction for operation of a vessel while under the influence
 15 of alcohol or drugs under paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdi-
 16 vision two of section forty-nine-a of the navigation law within the
 17 preceding five years shall be considered by the court for purposes of
 18 determining penalties imposed for a violation of subdivision one of this
 19 section or for purposes of any administrative action required to be
 20 taken pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three
 21 of this article. A prior conviction for operation of a vessel while
 22 under the influence of alcohol or drugs under paragraph (a), (b), (c),

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00356-01-5

 S. 258 2

 1 (d) or (e) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the navigation
 2 law within the preceding ten years shall be considered by the court for
 3 purposes of determining penalties imposed upon a person for a violation
 4 of any subdivision of this section after having been convicted two or
 5 more times for a violation of this section within the preceding ten
 6 years or for purposes of any administrative action required to be taken
 7 pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three of
 8 this article.
 9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November after it
 10 shall have become a law.

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