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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-3985.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creates the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident"
+description: "Creates the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 3985"
+citation: "New York A 3985 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-08-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/992c323a-e952-41af-817a-64ebc3f5b962"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3985"
+source_hash: "2a1f3cfbc59af156d8514cc7c4a9c6f392bedb3629e55782f3c34bcc80169c40"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 3985 (2019-2020) — Creates the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident
+
+Creates the crime of staging a motor vehicle accident.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A3985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3985&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- WEPRIN — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-30** REPORTED
+- **2019-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.241
+- **2019-05-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-05-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2508
+- **2019-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.805
+- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-08-08** SIGNED CHAP.151 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/992c323a-e952-41af-817a-64ebc3f5b962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+