S 10323 NY
Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving and provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor
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This bill establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving, making it illegal to operate a motor vehicle in violation of distracted driving laws while a child 15 years old or younger is a passenger. The crime is classified as a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $500 to $1,000 and/or imprisonment for up to one year. Upon conviction, the operator's driver's license shall be revoked and the vehicle registration may be revoked for a period of six months. If a court fails to impose the required license revocation, the state commissioner must impose the mandatory revocation following receipt of the conviction certificate. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving; provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor; requires the motor vehicle operator's driver's license to be revoked; provides that the registration may be revoked.
Sponsor (1)
- Joseph A. Griffo Republican · primary
Action history (1)
- May 13, 2026 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION · upper
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10323
IN SENATE
May 13, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 the opera- tion of a motor vehicle while using mobile telephones or portable electronic devices
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1225-e to read as follows: 3 § 1225-e. Aggravated distracted driving. 1. No person shall operate a 4 motor vehicle in violation of sections twelve hundred twenty-five-c or 5 twelve hundred twenty-five-d of this article while a child who is 6 fifteen years of age or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle. 7 2. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and shall be 8 punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than 9 one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county 10 jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 11 3. Upon a conviction for a violation of this section, the operator's 12 driver's license shall be revoked and a registration may be revoked for 13 a period of six months. 14 4. Where a court fails to impose or incorrectly imposes a revocation 15 as required by this section, the commissioner shall, upon receipt of a 16 certificate of conviction filed pursuant to section five hundred four- 17 teen of this chapter, impose such mandated revocation, which shall 18 supersede any such order which the court may have imposed. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15855-01-6
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