New York S 10323: Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving and provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor

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S10323 Summary:

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Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving; provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor; requires the motor vehicle operator's driver's license to be revoked; provides that the registration may be revoked.

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05/13/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10323

 IN SENATE

 May 13, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 the opera-
 tion of a motor vehicle while using mobile telephones or portable
 electronic devices

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1225-e to read as follows:
 3 § 1225-e. Aggravated distracted driving. 1. No person shall operate a
 4 motor vehicle in violation of sections twelve hundred twenty-five-c or
 5 twelve hundred twenty-five-d of this article while a child who is
 6 fifteen years of age or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle.
 7 2. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and shall be
 8 punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than
 9 one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county
 10 jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 11 3. Upon a conviction for a violation of this section, the operator's
 12 driver's license shall be revoked and a registration may be revoked for
 13 a period of six months.
 14 4. Where a court fails to impose or incorrectly imposes a revocation
 15 as required by this section, the commissioner shall, upon receipt of a
 16 certificate of conviction filed pursuant to section five hundred four-
 17 teen of this chapter, impose such mandated revocation, which shall
 18 supersede any such order which the court may have imposed.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15855-01-6

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