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Home/Bills/A 2585New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 2585: Imposes five points on a person's license for being convicted of participating in speed contests and races.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 9, 2026

What A 2585 does, verified January 9, 2026

The "drag racing and speeding enforcement act" aims to combat speeding and drag racing by imposing penalties on those who participate in these activities. A new law will be added to the Vehicle and Traffic Law, requiring a five-point penalty against a person's driver's license for being convicted of participating in speed contests and races. This penalty will be in addition to any fines or imprisonment imposed by the law. The law will take effect on November 1st of the following year after it is enacted.

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Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Deborah GlickAl StirpeJohn MikulinMaryJane ShimskyMatthew SlaterVacant MemberSteven Raga
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to transportation
Jan. 21, 2025referred to transportation
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 21, 2025 · 235 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2585 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, GLICK, STIRPE, MIKULIN, SHIMSKY, SLATER, EPSTEIN, RAGA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to imposing points on a person's license for being convicted of participating in speed contests and races The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "drag 2 racing and speeding enforcement act". 3 § 2. Section 1182 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding 4 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 5 3. In addition to the fine and/or imprisonment imposed by subdivisions 6 one and two of this section, every person convicted of a violation of 7 this section shall be subject to a penalty in the form of five points 8 against such person's drivers license. 9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 10 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. LBD04269-01-5 
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