New York S 8506: Relates to prohibiting ballot harvesting

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S08506 Summary:

BILL NOS08506 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09122

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSRPALUMBO

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld & add §392-a, amd §402, V & T L

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Provides for fines and/or imprisonment for a person who knowingly sells, offers to sell, buys, or offers to buy a false, fraudulent, or stolen license, identification card, certificate of registration, or number plate.

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BILL NOS08506 

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09/12/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8506

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 September 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to certain
 motor vehicle documents and plates; and to repeal certain provisions
 of such law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 392-a of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED
 2 and a new section 392-a is added to read as follows:
 3 § 392-a. Fraudulent motor vehicle documents and plates. 1. A person
 4 who knowingly sells, offers to sell, buys, or offers to buy a false,
 5 fraudulent, or stolen license, identification card, certificate of
 6 registration, or number plate shall be guilty of:
 7 (a) First Offense: A Class E felony, punishable by up to one year of
 8 imprisonment and a fine of no less than five hundred dollars; and
 9 (b) Second Offense Within Ten Years: A Class D felony, punishable by
 10 one to three years of imprisonment, a fine of no less than one thousand
 11 dollars, and a suspension of the offender's driver's license for a peri-
 12 od of no less than one year.
 13 2. Any person whose driver's license or registration is suspended or
 14 revoked and who knowingly uses, displays, or permits the use of a false,
 15 fraudulent, or stolen number plate shall be guilty of a Class D felony,
 16 punishable by:
 17 (a) One to three years of imprisonment;
 18 (b) A fine of no less than one thousand five hundred dollars; and
 19 (c) An automatic extension of the suspension period for an additional
 20 two to four years.
 21 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 402 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 22 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 23 (c) A second conviction for violating paragraph (ii), (ii-a), or (iii)
 24 of paragraph (b) of this subdivision, committed within ten years of a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13731-01-5

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 1 first conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five
 2 hundred dollars and by the suspension of the offender's driver's license
 3 for a period of six months.
 4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 5 have become a law.

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