New York A 3344: Relates to penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving a death

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A03344 Summary:

BILL NOA03344 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03639

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SPONSORSmith

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COSPNSRDeStefano, Giglio, Durso, Brabenec, Mikulin, Sempolinski

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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.

Go to top A03344 Actions:

BILL NOA03344 

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01/27/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

05/20/2026held for consideration in transportation

Go to topA03344 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION Chair:Magnarelli 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:17/7 Action: Held for Consideration MagnarelliAyeMillerNay

LupardoAyeMcDonoughExcused

SimonAyeDeStefanoNay

WilliamsAyeDursoNay

McMahonAyeGiglioNay

GallagherAyeSlaterNay

MitaynesAyeBendettNay

De Los SantosAyeChludzinskiNay

CunninghamAye

AlvarezAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

EachusAye

BurroughsAye

WrightExcused

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

HooksAye

Go to topA03344 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA03344 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3344

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SMITH, DeSTEFANO, GIGLIO, DURSO, BRABENEC, MIKU-
 LIN -- read once and referred 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

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

 A. 3344 2

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