Establishes Kyra's Law establishing the crime of vehicular homicide as causing the death of a person while operating a vehicle with suspended, revoked or no license.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6451
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 17, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
of vehicular homicide as causing the death of a person while knowingly
operating a motor vehicle with a revoked or suspended license or while
not holding a license
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 "Kyra's law".
2 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 125.30 to read
3 as follows:
4 § 125.30 Vehicular homicide.
5 A person is guilty of vehicular homicide when he or she causes the
6 death of another person, while operating a motor vehicle, knowing or
7 having reason to know that his or her license or privilege to operate a
8 motor vehicle is suspended or revoked pursuant to subdivision two or
9 two-a of section five hundred ten or subdivision one or three of section
10 five hundred ten-a of the vehicle and traffic law for conduct relating
11 to the operation of a motor vehicle, or knowing or having reason to know
12 that he or she is not licensed to operate a motor vehicle on a public
13 highway pursuant to the vehicle and traffic law.
14 Vehicular homicide is a class D felony.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
16 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03641-01-1
