A 1814: Enacts "Bryan Johnson's law"; includes prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1814 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to including prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated 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 "Bryan Johnson's Law". 3 § 2. Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding 4 a new subdivision 8-b to read as follows: 5 8-b. Effect of prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under 6 the influence of alcohol or drugs. A prior conviction for operation of a 7 vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs under paragraph 8 (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the 9 navigation law within the preceding ten years shall be considered by the 10 court for purposes of determining penalties imposed for a violation of 11 subdivision two, two-a, three, four or four-a of this section or for 12 purposes of any administrative action required to be taken pursuant to 13 subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three of this article. 14 A prior conviction for operation of a vessel while under the influence 15 of alcohol or drugs under paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdi- 16 vision two of section forty-nine-a of the navigation law within the 17 preceding five years shall be considered by the court for purposes of 18 determining penalties imposed for a violation of subdivision one of this 19 section or for purposes of any administrative action required to be 20 taken pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three 21 of this article. A prior conviction for operation of a vessel while 22 under the influence of alcohol or drugs under paragraph (a), (b), (c), 23 (d) or (e) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the navigation 24 law within the preceding ten years shall be considered by the court for EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00356-01-5 
 A. 1814 2 1 purposes of determining penalties imposed upon a person for a violation 2 of any subdivision of this section after having been convicted two or 3 more times for a violation of this section within the preceding ten 4 years or for purposes of any administrative action required to be taken 5 pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-three of 6 this article. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November after it 8 shall have become a law.