A07032 Summary:
| BILL NO | A07032 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Brown K |
| COSPNSR | Hawley, Smullen, DeStefano |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §1212-a, V & T L | |
| Establishes the felony of aggressive driving. | |
A07032 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7032 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing the felony of aggressive driving The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1212-a to read as follows: 3 § 1212-a. Aggressive driving. (a) Aggressive driving shall mean driv- 4 ing or using any motor vehicle and performing two or more of the follow- 5 ing actions: driving in violation of section eleven hundred ten of this 6 title; driving in violation of section eleven hundred twenty-six of this 7 title; driving in violation of section eleven hundred twenty-nine of 8 this title; driving in violation of section eleven hundred thirty of 9 this title; driving in violation of section eleven hundred thirty-one of 10 this title; driving in violation of section eleven hundred eighty of 11 this title by driving at a speed of more than twenty miles per hour over 12 the posted speed limit; suddenly and abruptly stopping or slowing the 13 vehicle while another vehicle is directly behind; or driving in a manner 14 which unreasonably interferes with the free and proper use of a public 15 highway. 16 (b) Every person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty 17 of a class E felony. Upon a conviction for a second violation of this 18 section, such person shall be guilty of a class D felony. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10515-01-5