S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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731
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in
relation to repeat offenders of driving accidents
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 70.06 of the
penal law, as amended by chapter 410 of the laws of 1979, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A second felony offender is a person, other than a second violent
felony offender as defined in section 70.04, who stands convicted of a
felony defined in this chapter OR IN THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, other
than a class A-I felony, after having previously been subjected to one
or more predicate felony convictions as defined in paragraph (b) of this
subdivision.
§ 2. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 160.10 of the
criminal procedure law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 762 of the
laws of 1971 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of
2021, are amended to read as follows:
(b) A misdemeanor defined in the penal law OR THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
LAW; or
(c) A misdemeanor defined outside the penal law OR THE VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC LAW which would constitute a felony if such person had a previ-
ous judgment of conviction for a crime.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02617-01-5
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