S 8018: Enacts "CJ's law" in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor to a class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand nor more than eight thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8018 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor 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 "CJ's law". 2 § 2. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 600 of the vehicle and 3 traffic law, as amended by chapter 497 of the laws of 2022, is amended 4 to read as follows: 5 c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision 6 resulting solely from the failure of an operator to exhibit [his or her] 7 their license and insurance identification card for the vehicle or 8 exchange the information required in such paragraph shall constitute a 9 class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred 10 fifty nor more than five hundred dollars in addition to any other penal- 11 ties provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a 12 class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred 13 nor more than one thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties 14 provided by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this 15 subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator to exhibit 16 [his or her] their license and insurance identification card for such 17 vehicle or exchange the information required in such paragraph, shall 18 constitute a class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than 19 seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars in addi- 20 tion to any other penalties provided by law. Any such violation commit- 21 ted by a person after such person has previously been convicted of such 22 a violation shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of 23 not less than one thousand nor more than three thousand dollars in addi- 24 tion to any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06588-01-5 
 S. 8018 2 1 provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision, other than for the mere 2 failure of an operator to exhibit [his or her] their license and insur- 3 ance identification card for such vehicle or exchange the information 4 required in such paragraph, where the personal injury involved (i) 5 results in serious physical injury, as defined in section 10.00 of the 6 penal law, shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of 7 not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addi- 8 tion to any other penalties provided by law, [or] (ii) results in death 9 shall constitute a class D felony punishable by a fine of not less than 10 two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars in addition to any 11 other penalties provided by law, or (iii) results in death of a minor 12 shall constitute a class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than 13 four thousand nor more than eight thousand dollars in addition to any 14 other penalties provided by law. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become 16 a law.