Assembly Bill A5751

                             
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                                   5751
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, BARCLAY, CRUZ, SAYEGH, GRAY, ANGELI-
   NO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law  and the vehicle and traffic law, in
   relation to increasing the class  for  certain  vehicular  crimes  and
   enacting Kane's Law

   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
 "Kane's Law".
   §  2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 125.12 of the penal
 law, as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 2006, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   Vehicular manslaughter in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
   §  3. The second undesignated paragraph of section 125.13 of the penal
 law, as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   Vehicular manslaughter in the first degree is a class [C] B felony.
   §  4. The second undesignated paragraph of section 125.14 of the penal
 law, as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   Aggravated vehicular homicide is a class [B] A-2 felony.
   §  5. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 511 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, as amended by chapter 722 of the laws of 2023,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  Aggravated  unlicensed  operation of a motor vehicle in the first
 degree is a class [E] D felony. When  a  person  is  convicted  of  this
 crime,  the  sentence  of the court must be: (i) a fine in an amount not
 less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars;  and
 (ii)  a  term  of  imprisonment as provided in the penal law except that
 where a person is convicted of this  crime  under  subparagraph  (v)  of
 paragraph  (a) of this subdivision, any term of imprisonment imposed for

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 a violation of this section shall be a definite sentence, which may  not
 exceed  two years, or (iii) where appropriate and a term of imprisonment
 is not required by the penal law, a sentence of probation as provided in
 subdivision  six  of  this  section, or (iv) a term of imprisonment as a
 condition of a sentence of probation as provided in the penal law.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.