| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2024 |
print number 7754a |
| Jan 30, 2024 |
amend (t) and recommit to codes |
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to codes |
| Nov 15, 2023 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7754A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2023-S7754 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6816
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §176.75, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
-
S5232, A3851
2023-S7754 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7754
SPONSOR: BRESLIN
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to staging a motor vehicle
accident in the second degree
PURPOSE:
To impose criminal penalties on those who recruit, hire, or otherwise
direct others to engage in staged accidents.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 176,.75 of the penal law. Section 2 provides.an
effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
On March 22, 2003, Alice Ross, a 71 year old grandmother, was killed as
2023-S7754 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7754
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
November 15, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to staging a motor vehicle
accident in the second degree
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 176.75 of the penal law, as added by chapter 151 of
the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
§ 176.75 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.
A person is guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second
degree when, with intent to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent
insurance act, he or she operates a motor vehicle and intentionally
causes a collision involving a motor vehicle, OR DIRECTS, HIRES,
REQUESTS, ENCOURAGES, ORCHESTRATES, OR INVITES ANOTHER TO CAUSE A COLLI-
SION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE.
Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree is a class E
felony.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13599-01-3
2023-S7754A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6816
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §176.75, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
-
S5232, A3851
2023-S7754A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7754A
SPONSOR: BRESLIN
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of staging a
motor vehicle accident in the second degree
PURPOSE:
To impose criminal penalties on those who recruit, hire, or otherwise
direct others to engage in staged accidents.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 176,.75 of the penal law. Section 2 provides.an
effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
On March 22, 2003, Alice Ross, a 71 year old grandmother, was killed as
2023-S7754A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7754--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
November 15, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of staging a
motor vehicle accident in the second degree
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 176.75 of the penal law, as added by chapter 151 of
the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
§ 176.75 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.
A person is guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second
degree when, with intent to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent
insurance act, he or she operates a motor vehicle and intentionally
causes a collision involving a motor vehicle, OR DIRECTS, HIRES,
REQUESTS, ENCOURAGES, ORCHESTRATES OR INVITES ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO
CAUSE A COLLISION INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE.
Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree is a class E
felony.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13599-02-4
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