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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S06547Relates to the "Heather D. Heyer act" which increases penalties where a vehicle is used as a weapon in a hate crime and makes it illegal to travel upon a roadway in a vehicle within 1000 feet of a protest.
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FirearmsotherAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 0%
Increases criminal penalties for using a vehicle as a weapon in a hate crime, which restricts the ability to use vehicles in violent acts but does not address firearms.
when a person is convicted of a hate crime pursuant to this article where the underlying offense is vehicular manslaughter or a dangerous instrument is used as a weapon against a person during the commission of such hate crime, the specified offense is a class A-1 felony with which the minimum period of the indeterminate sentence shall not be less than twenty-five years.
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Immigration enforcementotherAI label
=No change to immigration enforcementmodel confidence 0%
Creates new traffic rules and penalties for driving near protests, which has no effect on immigration enforcement by state or local government.
When a protest with over fifteen people in attendance is occurring on a roadway, with the exception of police vehicles, emergency vehicles, and the vehicles of people participating in the protest, no driver of a vehicle shall drive upon such roadway within one thousand feet of the protest.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates new traffic infractions and penalties for driving near protests (including bans on driving within 1000 feet and passing stopped vehicles at protests) and increases penalties for using a vehicle as a weapon in a hate crime. These provisions do not substantively address any of the defined topics (firearms, transgender, abortion, or immigration-enforcement), as they concern traffic rules, protest proximity, and hate crime sentencing enhancements without touching on the specified axes or subtags.
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