Senate Bill S5630

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S5630 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A800
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §511, V & T L

2025-S5630 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree when such person commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and causes the death or serious physical injury of another person.

2025-S5630 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5630 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5630
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  aggravated
   unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  3  of
 section  511  of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 722 of
 the laws of 2023, is amended and a new subparagraph  (vi)  is  added  to
 read as follows:
   (v)  commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor
 vehicle in the third degree  as  defined  in  subdivision  one  of  this
 section;  and  is  operating  a  motor  vehicle while such person has in
 effect five or more suspensions or revocations, imposed on at least five
 separate dates, pursuant to subparagraph (i), (iii),  (iv),  (v),  (vi),
 (vii), (viii), (x), (xi), (xii), or (xiii) of paragraph a of subdivision
 two  of  section  five hundred ten of this article, or subparagraph (i),
 (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), or (xvii) of paragraph b, or paragraph d  of
 such  subdivision,  or  paragraph  a,  b, d, e, or g relating to evading
 lawful arrest or prosecution while operating a motor vehicle or motorcy-
 cle, or paragraph i of subdivision three of section five hundred ten  of
 this article, or paragraph (c), (d), or (e) of subdivision one or subdi-
 vision  three  of section five hundred ten-a of this article, or section
 five hundred ten-b of this article, or section  five  hundred  ten-c  of
 this  article, or subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three
 of this chapter[.]; OR
   (VI) COMMITS THE OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED UNLICENSED OPERATION OF A MOTOR
 VEHICLE IN THE THIRD DEGREE AS  PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION;  AND  CAUSES  THE  DEATH  OR SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OF ANOTHER
 PERSON.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00990-01-5
 S. 5630                             2
              

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