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Senate Bill S8018

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts "CJ's law" in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor

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2025-S8018 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4210
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §600, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7093

2025-S8018 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "CJ's law" in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor to a class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand nor more than eight thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.

2025-S8018 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8018 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8018
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  increasing
   the  penalties  for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting
   where such accident resulted in the death of a minor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "CJ's law".
   §  2.  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, punishable by a fine of not less  than
 seven  hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in addi-
 tion to any other penalties provided by law. Any such violation  commit-
 ted  by a person after such person has previously been convicted of such
 a violation shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a  fine  of
 not less than one thousand nor more than three thousand dollars in addi-
 tion  to  any  other  penalties  provided  by  law. Any violation of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06588-01-5

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