Senate Bill S6608

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to arrest, prosecution, sentencing and penalties for offenses involving vehicular assault, manslaughter and homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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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2023-S6608 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7072
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§70.02, 70.06 & 70.25, Pen L; amd §§1194, 1193, 600 & 114-a, V & T L; amd §§160.10 & 30.30, CP L

2023-S6608 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends provisions involving the arrest, prosecution, sentencing and penalties for offenses involving vehicular assault, manslaughter and homicide; removes certain barriers to prosecution for operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

2023-S6608 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6608 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6608
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the vehicle and traffic law and the crim-
   inal procedure law, in relation to arrest, prosecution, sentencing and
   penalties for offenses involving vehicular assault,  manslaughter  and
   homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs or alco-
   hol
 
   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 "Andrew's law".
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the penal  law,  as  separately
 amended  by  chapters  764 and 765 of the laws of 2005, paragraph (a) as
 amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2018, paragraph (b) as amended  by
 chapter  94 of the laws of 2020, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 134
 of the laws of 2019, and paragraph (d) as amended by chapter  7  of  the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Definition of a violent felony offense. A violent felony offense is
 a  class  B  violent felony offense, a class C violent felony offense, a
 class D violent felony offense, or a class  E  violent  felony  offense,
 defined as follows:
   (a)  Class  B  violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit the class
 A-I felonies of murder in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in  section
 125.25, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25, and
 arson  in  the  first  degree  as  defined in section 150.20; AGGRAVATED
 VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AS DEFINED IN SECTION  125.14,  manslaughter  in  the
 first  degree  as  defined in section 125.20, aggravated manslaughter in
 the first degree as defined in section 125.22, rape in the first  degree
 as defined in section 130.35, criminal sexual act in the first degree as
 defined  in  section 130.50, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
 as defined in section 130.70, course of sexual conduct against  a  child
 in  the  first degree as defined in section 130.75; assault in the first
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11071-01-3
              

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