Assembly Bill A1070

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the "Hoosock and Jensen law" which increases the designation of certain offenses relating to unlawfully fleeing a police officer

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  • 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-A1070 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§270.25, 270.30 & 270.35, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10101

2025-A1070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree as a class E felony; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second degree as a class D violent felony offense; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the first degree as a class B violent felony offense.

2025-A1070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1070
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON, STIRPE, ROZIC, EACHUS, WOERNER,
   SAYEGH, WILLIAMS,  BERGER,  FALL,  LUNSFORD,  BRONSON,  JONES,  CLARK,
   SANTABARBARA,  HEVESI,  JACOBSON, CONRAD, STERN, PHEFFER AMATO, BURKE,
   SEPTIMO, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the  "Hoosock
   and  Jensen  law"  which increases the designation of certain offenses
   relating to unlawfully fleeing a police officer
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Hoosock and Jensen law".
   § 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.25 of the  penal
 law,  as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a  motor  vehicle  in  the  third
 degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
   §  3. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.30 of the penal
 law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   Unlawful  fleeing  a  police  officer in a motor vehicle in the second
 degree is a class [E] D VIOLENT felony OFFENSE.
   § 4. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.35 of the  penal
 law,  as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a  motor  vehicle  in  the  first
 degree is a class [D] B VIOLENT felony OFFENSE.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03023-01-5

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