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Assembly Bill A6422

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for striking a pedestrian crossing a street while operating a motor vehicle

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2025-A6422 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1494
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Motor Vehicles
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6455
2021-2022: A3333
2023-2024: A3858

2025-A6422 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to penalties for striking a pedestrian crossing a street while operating a motor vehicle.

2025-A6422 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6422
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROMERO,  COLTON, R. CARROLL -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT in relation to penalties for striking  a  pedestrian  crossing  a
   street while operating a motor vehicle
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of the department  of  motor  vehicles  is
 hereby  directed  to amend and/or adopt rules and regulations to provide
 that any person who is convicted or enters a guilty  plea  of  violating
 section  1151 and/or 1151-a of the vehicle and traffic law shall receive
 5 points on such person's driving record.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00530-01-5

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