Senate Bill S3299

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Includes in the class E felony of vehicular assault in the second degree, the causing of serious physical injury while operating a vehicle with suspended, revoked or no license

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S3299 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3759
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§120.03 &120.04, add §125.13-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6386, A8587
2015-2016: S2484, A3536
2019-2020: S2149, A863
2021-2022: S1228, A9703
2023-2024: S3602, A6984

2017-S3299 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes in the class E felony of vehicular assault in the second degree, the causing of serious physical injury while operating a vehicle with suspended, revoked or no license.

2017-S3299 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3299 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3299
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GIANARIS, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, HOYLMAN, LATIM-
   ER, PARKER, STAVISKY -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law, in relation to including within the
   offense of vehicular assault in the  second  degree,  the  causing  of
   serious  injury  while  knowingly  operating  a  motor  vehicle with a
   revoked or suspended license or while not holding a license and estab-
   lishing the offense of vehicular homicide
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 120.03 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 732
 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 § 120.03 Vehicular assault in the second degree.
   A person is guilty of vehicular assault in the second degree  when  he
 or she causes:
   1. serious physical injury to another person, and either:
   [(1)]  (A)  operates  a motor vehicle in violation of subdivision two,
 three, four or four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the  vehi-
 cle  and  traffic law or operates a vessel or public vessel in violation
 of paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision two of  section  forty-
 nine-a  of  the  navigation law, and as a result of such intoxication or
 impairment by the use of a drug, or by the combined influence  of  drugs
 or of alcohol and any drug or drugs, operates such motor vehicle, vessel
 or public vessel in a manner that causes such serious physical injury to
 such other person, or
   [(2)](B)  operates  a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating
 of more than eighteen thousand  pounds  which  contains  flammable  gas,
 radioactive  materials  or explosives in violation of subdivision one of
 section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  and
 such  flammable gas, radioactive materials or explosives is the cause of
 such serious physical injury, and as a result of such impairment by  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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