Assembly Bill A6451

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes Kyra's Law establishing the crime of vehicular homicide

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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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2021-A6451 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §125.30, Pen L

2021-A6451 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes Kyra's Law establishing the crime of vehicular homicide as causing the death of a person while operating a vehicle with suspended, revoked or no license.

2021-A6451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6451
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing  the  offense
   of vehicular homicide as causing the death of a person while knowingly
   operating a motor vehicle with a revoked or suspended license or while
   not holding a license

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Kyra's law".
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 125.30  to  read
 as follows:
 § 125.30 VEHICULAR HOMICIDE.
   A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE WHEN HE OR SHE CAUSES THE
 DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON, WHILE OPERATING A  MOTOR  VEHICLE,  KNOWING  OR
 HAVING  REASON TO KNOW THAT HIS OR HER LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE TO OPERATE A
 MOTOR VEHICLE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OR
 TWO-A OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OR SUBDIVISION ONE OR THREE OF SECTION
 FIVE  HUNDRED  TEN-A OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW FOR CONDUCT RELATING
 TO THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, OR KNOWING OR HAVING REASON TO KNOW
 THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT LICENSED TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE  ON  A  PUBLIC
 HIGHWAY PURSUANT TO THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03641-01-1

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