A 6986 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts "Brendon's law" relating to motor vehicle speed contests, races, sideshows and street takeovers

Summary

Enacts "Brendon's law" to prohibit participation, including spectators within two hundred feet, of any motor vehicle speed contest, sideshow and street takeovers; authorizes seizure and forfeiture; adds damaging an authorized emergency vehicle as constituting the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree.

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 18, 2025 Last action May 4, 2026

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What changed between versions

A6986 → A6986A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add the Penal Law as a target for amendment, expanding its scope to address criminal mischief in the third degree alongside existing vehicle and traffic law changes. The text of the law itself remains largely identical, but the legislative intent now explicitly includes penalties for property damage related to these events.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include amendments to the Penal Law, whereas the previous version only targeted the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

SCOPE

Added a new clause to the act title and preamble to amend the Penal Law regarding the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree.

Added new sponsors (Assemblymembers Angelino and Blumenkrantz) to the list of bill introducers.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill identifier from 'A 6986' to 'A 6986--A' and added procedural history indicating the bill was recommitted to the Committee on Transportation after being discharged and amended.

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Committee

Amendments

May 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6986A

lower

May 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors