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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5876: Enacts "Barreto's law"

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5876 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts "Barreto's law". Primary sponsor: Lester Chang (Republican/Conservative). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Enacts "Barreto's law" which establishes the crime of vehicular manslaughter in the third degree.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 7 · Republican/Conservative 7 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lester ChangPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Alec Brook-KrasnyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse46
Ari BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Keith BrownCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Jodi GiglioCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse2
Steve HawleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse139
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Angelo MorinelloCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse145
Danny NorberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse16
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Chris TagueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN CODES
  3. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source