New York S 907: Requires each violator of "Buster's Law" to register his or her name and address with the division of criminal justice services

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S00907 Summary:

BILL NOS00907 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, HELMING, MATTERA, ORTT, TEDISCO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §600, V & T L

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Enacts "Alix's law"; relates to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it; relates to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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BILL NOS00907 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 907

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, HELMING, MATTERA, ORTT, TEDISCO
 -- 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 leaving the
 scene of an incident without reporting

 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 "Alix's Law".
 3 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 and paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
 4 section 600 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 795 of
 5 the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
 6 a. Any person operating a motor vehicle who, knowing or having cause
 7 to know that the motor vehicle operated by such person has come in
 8 contact with a person, real property or personal property, has a duty to
 9 perform a reasonable and good faith investigation of the incident and if
 10 as a result of such investigation such person knows or has reason to
 11 know that damage has been caused to the real property or to the personal
 12 property, not including animals, of another, due to [an incident involv-
 13 ing] the contact of the motor vehicle operated by such person, such
 14 person shall, before leaving the place where the damage occurred, stop,
 15 exhibit [his or her] their license and insurance identification card for
 16 such vehicle, when such card is required pursuant to articles six and
 17 eight of this chapter, and give [his or her] their name, residence,
 18 including street and number, insurance carrier and insurance identifica-
 19 tion information including but not limited to the number and effective
 20 dates of [said] such individual's insurance policy, and license number
 21 to the party sustaining the damage, or in case the person sustaining the
 22 damage is not present at the place where the damage occurred then [he or
 23 she] such person shall report the same as soon as physically able to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02827-01-5

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 1 nearest police station, or judicial officer. A person operating a
 2 motor vehicle in violation of section eleven hundred ninety-two of
 3 this chapter, that came into contact with a person, real proper-
 4 ty, or personal property, that resulted in damage to real property or
 5 to the personal property, not including animals, of another, shall
 6 be presumed to have known or have cause to know of such contact and
 7 of such damage, unless such person shows that they would not have known
 8 or have cause to know of such contact and of such injury regard-
 9 less of intoxication or impairment by the use of alcohol or a drug, or
 10 by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug or
 11 drugs. In addition to the foregoing, any such person shall also: (i) (A)
 12 produce the proof of insurance coverage required pursuant to article
 13 forty-four-B of this chapter if such person is a TNC driver operating a
 14 TNC vehicle while the incident occurred who was (1) logged on to the
 15 TNC's digital network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2)
 16 was engaged in a TNC prearranged trip; and (B) disclose whether [he or
 17 she] such person, at the time such incident occurred, was (1) logged on
 18 to the TNC's digital network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip
 19 or (2) was engaged in a TNC prearran