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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

A03641 Enacts the "NYPD highway officer Anastasios Tsakos act"; requires intoxicated drivers to pay child support if such intoxicated driving results in the death of the parent or guardian of a minor child due to the influence of alcohol.

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Custody & support child supportAI label

Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent model confidence 90%

Requires a person convicted of certain alcohol-related vehicular manslaughter or homicide offenses that kill a parent or guardian to pay court-ordered child support to the surviving parent or guardian until the child is 18 and graduates high school (with provisions for arrearages, delayed start if a

the sentencing court shall order such individual to pay restitution in the form of child support to each of such victim's children until each such child reaches the age of eighteen and has graduated from high school

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-01-07: referred to transportation
Filed
2025-01-28
Committee
Transportation
Sponsor
Demond Meeks D + 7 cosponsors (5 D, 2 R)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new section to the vehicle and traffic law that mandates court-ordered child support payments as restitution in specific cases where an intoxicated driver is convicted of vehicular manslaughter or homicide that results in the death of a parent or guardian of a minor child. This directly changes child support obligations by imposing new requirements on the paying party (the convicted driver), including calculation factors, payment mechanics, handling of incarceration, arrearages, and offsets for civil judgments. It substantively addresses the custody-support topic under the sub

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History (2 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-01-07Areferred to transportation
2025-01-28Areferred to transportation