New York S 3639: Relates to penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving a death

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S03639 Summary:

BILL NOS03639 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03344

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SPONSORMURRAY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HELMING, MARTINS, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS,
 ROLISON, TEDISCO, WEBER, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §600, V & T L; amd §§722.21, 722.22 & 722.23, CP L

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Increases penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving a death.

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BILL NOS03639 

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

03/11/2025NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

03/09/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3639

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. MURRAY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN,
 HELMING, MARTINS, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, TEDIS-
 CO, WEBER, WEIK -- 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 and the criminal procedure
 law, in relation to increasing penalties for leaving the scene of an
 accident without reporting

 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 "Nick's law".
 2 § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle and
 3 traffic law, as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 2022, is amended
 4 to read as follows:
 5 c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision
 6 resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit [his or her]
 7 their license and insurance identification card for the vehicle or
 8 exchange the information required in such paragraph shall constitute a
 9 class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred
 10 fifty nor more than five hundred dollars in addition to any other penal-
 11 ties provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a
 12 class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred
 13 nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties
 14 provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this
 15 subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit
 16 [his or her] their license and insurance identification card for such
 17 vehicle or exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall
 18 constitute a class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than
 19 seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in addi-
 20 tion to any other penalties provided by law. Any such violation commit-
 21 ted by a person after such person has previously been convicted of such
 22 a violation shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of
 23 not less than one thousand nor more than three thousand dollars in addi-
 24 tion to any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the
 25 provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision, other than for the mere

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02021-01-5

 S. 3639 2

 1 failure of an operator to exhibit [his or her] their license and insur-
 2 ance identification card for such vehicle or exchange the information
 3 required in such paragraph, where the personal injury involved (i)
 4 results in serious physical injury, as defined in section 10.00 of the
 5 penal law, shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of
 6 not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addi-
 7 tion to any other penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death
 8 shall constitute a class [D] B felony punishable by a fine of [not less
 9 than two thousand nor more than five] thirty thousand dollars in addi-
 10 tion to any other penalties provided by law.
 11 § 3. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 722.21 of the criminal procedure
 12 law, subdivision 4 as added by section 1-a of part WWW