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S 5232: Provides that anyone who directs, hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another individual to cause a collision involving a motor vehicle shall be guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree.
What S 5232 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to strengthen laws related to staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree. A person is guilty of this crime when they intentionally cause a collision involving a motor vehicle with the intention of committing a fraudulent insurance act. This can be done by operating a motor vehicle, directing, hiring, or orchestrating another individual to cause a collision. The crime is classified as a class E felony. The bill takes effect sixty days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5232
- What is the current status of S 5232?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 5232 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 5232 pass?
- Not yet. S 5232 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5232, and where is it now?
- S 5232 was authored by Sen. Leroy Comrie with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Feb. 19, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 19, 2025 · 244 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5232 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 176.75 of the penal law, as added by chapter 151 of 2 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 176.75 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree. 4 A person is guilty of staging a motor vehicle accident in the second 5 degree when, with intent to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent 6 insurance act, [he or she] such person operates a motor vehicle and 7 intentionally causes a collision involving a motor vehicle, or directs, 8 hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another individual 9 to cause a collision involving a motor vehicle. 10 Staging a motor vehicle accident in the second degree is a class E 11 felony. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07461-01-5
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