New York S 8018: Enacts "CJ's law" in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor

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S08018 Summary:

BILL NOS08018 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04210

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Amd §600, V & T L

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Enacts "CJ's law" in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor to a class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand nor more than eight thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.1323

05/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/29/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8018

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 increasing
 the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting
 where such accident resulted in the death of a minor

 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 "CJ'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.
 LBD06588-01-5

 S. 8018 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 felony punishable by a fine of not less than
 10 two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to any
 11 other penalties provided by law, or (iii) results in death of a minor
 12 shall constitute a class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than
 13 four thousand nor more than eight thousand dollars in addition to any
 14 other penalties provided