New York S 10059: Enacts "Brendon's law" relating to motor vehicle speed contests, races, sideshows and street takeovers

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S10059 Summary:

BILL NOS10059A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06986-A

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSRPALUMBO, BASKIN, BYNOE, CHAN, CLEARE, MARTINEZ, ROLISON, RYAN C, SKOUFIS, SUTTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1182, add §1212-a, V & T L; amd §145.05, Pen L

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Enacts "Brendon's law" to prohibit participation, including spectators within two hundred feet, of any motor vehicle speed contest, sideshow and street takeovers; authorizes seizure and forfeiture; adds damaging an authorized emergency vehicle as constituting the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree.

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BILL NOS10059A

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04/24/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/28/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

04/28/2026PRINT NUMBER 10059A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10059--A

 IN SENATE

 April 24, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to motor vehi-
 cle speed contests, sideshows and street takeovers; and to amend the
 penal law, in relation to the crime of criminal mischief in the third
 degree

 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 "Brendon's
 2 law".
 3 § 2. Section 1182 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 4 ter 594 of the laws of 1987, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by section
 5 9 of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 § 1182. Speed contests and races. 1. (a) Except as provided in section
 8 eleven hundred eighty-two-a of this article or section sixteen hundred
 9 thirty, sixteen hundred forty, sixteen hundred forty-two or sixteen
 10 hundred sixty of this chapter, no races, exhibitions or contests of
 11 speed shall be held and no person shall engage [in or aid or abet] or
 12 participate in any motor vehicle or other speed contest or exhibition of
 13 speed on a highway. "Participate in" shall mean to organize, facilitate,
 14 promote, take or have a part or share in, partake in, share in, take
 15 part in, indulge in, contribute to, engage in, concur in, be a party to,
 16 compete in, undertake, or participate in profits to a speed contest or
 17 race. For the purposes of this section "participate in" shall also
 18 include wagering on the outcome of a speed contest or race; making an
 19 invitation to race; acting as a starter or flag person; pushing or posi-
 20 tioning a motor vehicle to a starting line; operating, riding in, or
 21 positioning a motor vehicle for the purpose of engaging in, facilitat-
 22 ing, continuing, or establishing a boundary area for a race; and direct-
 23 ing persons or motor vehicles for the purposes of engaging in, facili-
 24 tating, or continuing a race.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09419-03-6

 S. 10059--A 2

 1 (b) No person shall knowingly be present as a spectator within two
 2 hundred feet of any speed contest or race. A "spectator" shall mean any
 3 person who is knowingly present at a speed contest or race for the
 4 purpose of viewing, observing, watching, or witnessing the event as it
 5 progresses.
 6 (c) Such event, if held, shall be fully and efficiently patrolled for
 7 the entire distance over which such race, exhibition or contest for
 8 speed is to be held. Participants in a race, exhibition or contest of
 9 speed are exempted from compliance with any traffic laws otherwise
 10 applicable thereto, but shall exercise reasonable care.
 11 2. (a) A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall
 12 constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable by imprisonment of not more
 13 than thirty days or a fine of not [less] more than [three] six hundred
 14 dollars [nor more than five hundred twenty-five dollars], or both such
 15 fin