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S 3301: Relates to vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter when a person operates a motor vehicle without having been licensed to operate a motor vehicle in the state of New York, and while operating said motor vehicle causes the death of another person.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 12, 2026

What S 3301 does, verified January 12, 2026

The bill aims to strengthen penalties for drivers who cause serious physical injury or death to others while operating a vehicle under the influence of substances or impaired by intoxication. It also increases penalties for drivers who operate a vehicle without a valid license and cause serious physical injury or death to others. Additionally, the bill expands the definition of "operating a vehicle" to include snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, and increases penalties for drivers who operate these vehicles while intoxicated or impaired. The bill also expands the definition of "child passenger" to include children as young as 15 years old, and increases penalties for drivers who cause the death of a child passenger while operating a vehicle.

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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 3301
What is the current status of S 3301?
As of January 12, 2026, S 3301 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO CODES".
Did S 3301 pass?
Not yet. S 3301 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote S 3301, and where is it now?
S 3301 was authored by Sen. Alexis Weik. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO CODES
Jan. 24, 2025REFERRED TO CODES
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 24, 2025 · 502 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3301 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 120.03 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 2006, is amended and a new subdi- 3 vision 4 is added to read as follows: 4 (3) operates a snowmobile in violation of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of 5 subdivision one of section 25.24 of the parks, recreation and historic 6 preservation law or operates an all terrain vehicle as defined in para- 7 graph (a) of subdivision one of section twenty-two hundred eighty-one of 8 the vehicle and traffic law and in violation of subdivision two, three, 9 four, or four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and 10 traffic law, and as a result of such intoxication or impairment by the 11 use of a drug, or by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and 12 any drug or drugs, operates such snowmobile or all terrain vehicle in a 13 manner that causes such serious physical injury to such other person[.], 14 or 15 (4) operates a motor vehicle without having been licensed to operate a 16 motor vehicle in the state of New York, and while operating said motor 17 vehicle causes serious physical injury to another person. 18 § 2. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 125.13 of the penal law, subdivi- 19 sion 6 as amended and subdivision 7 as added by chapter 688 of the laws 20 of 2022, are amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as 21 follows: 22 (6) commits such crime while operating a motor vehicle while a child 23 who is fifteen years of age or less is a passenger in such motor vehicle 24 and causes the death of such child; [or] EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03753-01-5 

 S. 3301 2 1 (7) commits such crime while operating a vessel in violation of para- 2 graph (e-1) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of the navigation 3 law while a child who is fifteen years of age or less is a passenger in 4 such vessel and causes the death of such child[.]; or 5 (8) operates a motor vehicle without having been licensed to operate a 6 motor vehicle in the state of New York, and while operating said motor 7 vehicle causes the death of another person. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. 

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