---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases fines for leaving scene of an accident without reporting"
description: "Increases fines for leaving scene of an accident without reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3964"
citation: "New York A 3964 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COLTON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2022-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/807b56e4-bf87-4760-95a5-eaa3ebdf01bc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3964"
source_hash: "d73f92721e74658d523097cba8bfb1ef6f907c604f84e47181a414945b77f832"
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 3964 (2021-2022) — Increases fines for leaving scene of an accident without reporting

Increases fines for leaving scene of an accident without reporting.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A3964** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3964&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COLTON — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-29** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** REPORTED
- **2022-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.528
- **2022-05-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-03** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9163
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1709
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-12** SIGNED CHAP.497 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/807b56e4-bf87-4760-95a5-eaa3ebdf01bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).