---
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).