New York S 10511: Establishes the crime of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death

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S10511 Summary:

BILL NOS10511 

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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Amd §511, V & T L

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Enacts the "Bryant Ortiz act"; establishes the crime of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death when such person operates a motor vehicle upon a public highway without a valid license or in violation of the conditions of a learner's permit or any other limited driving privilege, including conditional and restricted use licenses, and in the course of such unlawful operation commits a traffic infraction or engages in negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and such operation results in the death of another person; makes it a class E felony.

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BILL NOS10511 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10511

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 establishing
 the crime of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle
 resulting in death

 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 the "Bryant Ortiz act".
 3 § 2. The section heading of section 511 of the vehicle and traffic
 4 law, as added by chapter 756 of the laws of 1985, is amended and a new
 5 subdivision 3-a is added to read as follows:
 6 Operation while license or privilege is suspended or revoked; aggra-
 7 vated unlicensed operation; aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor
 8 vehicle resulting in death.
 9 3-a. Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle resulting in
 10 death. (a) A person is guilty of the offense of aggravated unlicensed
 11 operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death when such person oper-
 12 ates a motor vehicle upon a public highway without a valid license or in
 13 violation of the conditions of a learner's permit or any other limited
 14 driving privilege, including conditional and restricted use licenses,
 15 and in the course of such unlawful operation commits a traffic infrac-
 16 tion or engages in negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and such
 17 operation results in the death of another person.
 18 (b) Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle resulting in
 19 death is a class E felony. When a person is convicted of this crime, the
 20 sentence of the court must be: (i) a fine in an amount not less than
 21 five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars; and (ii) a
 22 term of imprisonment as provided in the penal law for a class E felony.
 23 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 24 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15754-02-6

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