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A 1070: 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.
What A 1070 does, verified January 8, 2026
The "Hoosock and Jensen Law" aims to increase penalties for individuals who unlawfully flee a police officer in a motor vehicle. This law will make the following changes: The third degree of this offense will be a class E felony. The second degree of this offense will be a class D violent felony offense. The first degree of this offense will be a class B violent felony offense. These changes will increase the severity of penalties for individuals who put themselves and others at risk by fleeing from law enforcement in a vehicle. The law will take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it becomes a law.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 336 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1070 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY 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: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Hoosock and Jensen law". 3 § 2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.25 of the penal 4 law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third 7 degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E felony. 8 § 3. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.30 of the penal 9 law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second 12 degree is a class [E] D violent felony offense. 13 § 4. The second undesignated paragraph of section 270.35 of the penal 14 law, as added by chapter 738 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 Unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the first 17 degree is a class [D] B violent felony offense. 18 § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 19 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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