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Home/Bills/A 4185New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4185: Includes in facilitating aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle consenting to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person who is less than eighteen years of age who has never had a license or the privilege of operating such motor vehicle in this state and the vehicle is operated upon a public highway by such person resulting in physical injury to another person.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 4185 does, verified January 8, 2026

The proposed law aims to prevent the aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. A person is guilty of this offense if they consent to the operation of a vehicle on a public highway by a minor who has never had a license or by someone whose license is suspended, revoked, or withdrawn. The law also prohibits the operation of a vehicle by someone who is less than 18 years old, resulting in physical injury to another person. The law will take effect on November 1st of the following year.

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Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to transportation
Jan. 31, 2025referred to transportation
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 31, 2025 · 391 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4185 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to including in facilitating aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle consenting to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person who is less than eighteen years of age who has never had a license The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 511-a of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 1. A person is guilty of the offense of facilitating aggravated unli- 5 censed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree when such person 6 consents to the operation upon a public highway of a motor vehicle 7 registered in such person's name knowing or having reason to know that 8 the operator of such vehicle: 9 (a) is a person whose license or privilege of operating such motor 10 vehicle in this state or privilege of obtaining a license issued to 11 operate such motor vehicle by the commissioner is suspended, revoked or 12 otherwise withdrawn by the commissioner and the vehicle is operated upon 13 a public highway by such person; or 14 (b) is a person who is less than eighteen years of age who has never 15 had a license or the privilege of operating such motor vehicle in this 16 state and the vehicle is operated upon a public highway by such person 17 resulting in physical injury to another person. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 19 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, 20 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 21 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 22 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07610-01-5 
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