S10323 • 2025

Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving and provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor

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Sponsor: Joseph A. Griffo
Last action: 2026-05-13
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving and provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor

Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving and provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving; provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor; requires the motor vehicle operator's driver's license to be revoked; provides that the registration may be revoked.

What This Bill Does

Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving and provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving; provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor; requires the motor vehicle operator's driver's license to be revoked; provides that the registration may be revoked.

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Bill History

2026-05-13 Senate
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Official Summary Text

Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving and provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor
Establishes the crime of aggravated distracted driving; provides that such crime shall be a misdemeanor; requires the motor vehicle operator's driver's license to be revoked; provides that the registration may be revoked.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10323

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 13, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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  the  opera-
          tion  of  a  motor  vehicle  while using mobile telephones or portable
          electronic devices

          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 1225-e to read as follows:
     3    § 1225-E. AGGRAVATED DISTRACTED DRIVING. 1. NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE  A
     4  MOTOR  VEHICLE  IN VIOLATION OF SECTIONS TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-C OR
     5  TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-D OF  THIS  ARTICLE  WHILE  A  CHILD  WHO  IS
     6  FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR LESS IS A PASSENGER IN SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE.
     7    2.  A  VIOLATION  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR AND SHALL BE
     8  PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN
     9  ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BY IMPRISONMENT IN  A  PENITENTIARY  OR  COUNTY
    10  JAIL FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
    11    3.  UPON  A CONVICTION FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, THE OPERATOR'S
    12  DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL BE REVOKED AND A REGISTRATION MAY BE REVOKED  FOR
    13  A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS.
    14    4.  WHERE  A COURT FAILS TO IMPOSE OR INCORRECTLY IMPOSES A REVOCATION
    15  AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, UPON RECEIPT  OF  A
    16  CERTIFICATE  OF  CONVICTION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR-
    17  TEEN OF THIS CHAPTER,  IMPOSE  SUCH  MANDATED  REVOCATION,  WHICH  SHALL
    18  SUPERSEDE ANY SUCH ORDER WHICH THE COURT MAY HAVE IMPOSED.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15855-01-6