S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4185
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 3, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, LANZA -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
portation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 2022, is
amended to read as follows:
c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision
resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit [his or her]
THEIR license and insurance identification card for the vehicle or
exchange the information required in such paragraph shall constitute a
class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred
fifty nor more than five hundred dollars in addition to any other penal-
ties provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a
class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred
nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties
provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this
subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit
[his or her] THEIR license and insurance identification card for such
vehicle or exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall
constitute a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY, punishable by a fine of not
less than [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND dollars nor more than [one]
TWO thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars in addition to any other penalties
provided by law. Any such violation committed by a person after such
person has previously been convicted of such a violation shall consti-
tute a class [E] D felony, punishable by a fine of not less than [one]
TWO thousand nor more than [three] FIVE thousand dollars in addition to
any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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paragraph a of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an
operator to exhibit [his or her] THEIR license and insurance identifica-
tion card for such vehicle or exchange the information required in such
paragraph, where the personal injury involved (i) results in serious
physical injury, as defined in section 10.00 of the penal law, shall
constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not less than one
thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to any other
penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death shall constitute a
class D felony punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand nor
more than five thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties
provided by law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.