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Assembly Bill A11067

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the statute of limitations for leaving the scene of an accident which resulted in the death of another person

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2025-A11067 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9726
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §30.10, CP L

2025-A11067 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Pete's law"; provides that a prosecution for a hit-and-run which results in the death of a victim may be commenced at any time.

2025-A11067 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11067
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MANKTELOW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation  to  the  prose-
   cution  of  leaving the scene of an accident that results in the death
   of another person
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Pete's Law".
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
   (I)  A PROSECUTION FOR ANY VIOLATION OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH
 C OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
 LAW MAY BE COMMENCED AT ANY TIME.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14326-02-6

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