S09726 Summary:
| BILL NO | S09726 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | HELMING |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §30.10, CP L | |
| Enacts "Pete's law"; provides that a prosecution for a hit-and-run which results in the death of a victim may be commenced at any time. | |
S09726 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9726 IN SENATE April 2, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the prose- cution of leaving the scene of an accident that results in the death of another person 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 "Pete's Law". 3 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 30.10 of the criminal procedure law is 4 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows: 5 (i) A prosecution for any violation of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 6 c of subdivision two of section six hundred of the vehicle and traffic 7 law may be commenced at any time. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14326-02-6