Senate Bill S4185

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Increases penalty for leaving scene of an accident without reporting to class E felony

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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-S4185 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §600, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S1726
2017-2018: S2349
2019-2020: S4443
2021-2022: S4749
2023-2024: S5861

2025-S4185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting to a class E felony.

2025-S4185 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4185
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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.
                                                            LBD07795-01-5

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