A05876 Summary:
| BILL NO | A05876 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Chang |
| COSPNSR | Brook-Krasny |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §125.11-a, Pen L | |
| Enacts "Barreto's law" which establishes the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree. | |
A05876 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5876 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CHANG, BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Barreto's law" relating to establishing the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 "Barreto's law". 3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 125.11-a to read 4 as follows: 5 § 125.11-a Vehicular manslaughter in the third degree. 6 A person is guilty of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree when 7 such person causes the death of another person, and either: 8 (1) engages in reckless driving in violation of section twelve hundred 9 twelve of the vehicle and traffic law, or 10 (2) commits the crime of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor 11 vehicle in the third degree in violation of section five hundred eleven 12 of the vehicle and traffic law. 13 Vehicular manslaughter in the third degree is a class E felony. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09013-02-5