NY State Senate Bill 2009-S1169

Senate Bill S1169

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 08, 2010	3rd reading cal.187 substituted for s1169b
Jan 26, 2010	referred to codes delivered to senate passed assembly
Jan 06, 2010	ordered to third reading cal.10 returned to assembly died in senate
Jul 16, 2009	committed to rules 3rd reading cal.901 substituted for s1169b
Mar 08, 2010	substituted by a225a
Mar 04, 2010	advanced to third reading
Mar 03, 2010	2nd report cal.
Mar 02, 2010	1st report cal.187
Jan 26, 2010	reported and committed to codes
Jan 06, 2010	referred to transportation
Jul 16, 2009	substituted by a225a ordered to third reading cal.901 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 02, 2009	reported and committed to codes
May 19, 2009	print number 1169b
May 19, 2009	amend and recommit to transportation
May 07, 2009	print number 1169a
May 07, 2009	amend and recommit to transportation
Jan 27, 2009	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jan 26, 2010 - Transportation Committee Vote
  S1169
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Transportation Committee Vote: Jan 26, 2010
      
      aye (14)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Foley
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Perkins
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Aubertine
      
      Johnson
      
      Libous
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Young
  Jul 16, 2009 - Rules Committee Vote
  S1169
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  2
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jul 16, 2009
      
      aye (16)
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espada
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Monserrate
      
      Montgomery
      
      Padavan
      
      Serrano
      
      Smith
      
      Stachowski
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (2)
      
      Parker
      
      Volker
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Farley
      
      Saland
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      excused (1)
      
      Johnson
  Mar 2, 2010 - Codes Committee Vote
  S1169
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Codes Committee Vote: Mar 2, 2010
      
      aye (14)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Duane
      
      Flanagan
      
      Golden
      
      Huntley
      
      Klein
      
      Lanza
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Squadron
      
      nay (1)
      
      Volker
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      DeFrancisco

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2009-S1169 - Details

Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S1337
2013-2014: S389
2015-2016: S1535
2017-2018: S2928

2009-S1169 - Summary

Provides that no person shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

2009-S1169 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1169

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandatory
seat belt use


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To require the use of seat belts by all passengers in a motor vehicle
riding in both the front and rear seats.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The institution of a mandatory seat belt law for all front seat
passengers has saved lives. According to the New York State Department
of Motor Vehicles, in 1984, the year the seat belt law was enacted,
approximately 16% of individuals wore seat belts.  Also, one thousand
twelve (1,012) people who were unrestrained died in motor vehicle
crashes. Just one year after the law was enacted, the compliance rate
was up to 57% of individuals and unrestrained fatalities fell to 644.
A little over 10 years later, the compliance rate was up to 73%.

In studies done by the United States Department of Transportation,
approximately 52% of rear seat passengers do not use safety belts.
Recognizing the serious injuries that may be caused to other
passengers or the driver of a motor vehicle by an unrestrained
occupant of the vehicle, 14 states have adopted legislation requiring

all rear seat occupants to wear safety restraints.

Extensive research has shown that unbelted rear seat passengers can
kill and injure others. An unrestrained adult in the back seat of a
motor vehicle involved in a 30 mph car crash can strike a restrained
front seat occupant with the equivalent weight of a 3 1/2 ton truck.

Also, an individual has a 7 times greater chance of being ejected from
the rear seat of a vehicle than the front seat, 18% of motor vehicle
accident fatalities result from rear seat ejection. As a result,
safety experts believe that the use of a rear seat belt could prevent
over 2/3rds of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from motor
vehicle accidents.

Therefore, this legislation seeks to reduce automobile accident
fatalities and casualties by requiring all occupants of a motor
vehicle to buckle up.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Subdivision 1 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 410 of the laws of 2000 is amended to
require the use of seat belts by all passengers in a motor vehicle in
both the front and rear seats.

Section 2. Effective Date

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2002 (A.11063-A/S.6302-A)
2003-04 (A.903/S.118)
2005-2006 (A.2157-A/S.3582-A)

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None known.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.

2009-S1169 - Bill Text download pdf

2009-S1169A - Details

Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S1337
2013-2014: S389
2015-2016: S1535
2017-2018: S2928

2009-S1169A - Summary

Provides that no person shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

2009-S1169A - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1169A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1169--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
  tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
  mitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  mandatory
  seat belt use

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and  traffic
law,  as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. No person shall operate a  motor  vehicle  unless  such  person  is
restrained  by  a  safety  belt  approved by the commissioner. No person
[sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front seat  of
a  motor  vehicle  unless  such  person  is  restrained by a safety belt
approved by the commissioner.] SHALL BE A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT OF
A MOTOR VEHICLE UNLESS SUCH  PERSON  IS  RESTRAINED  BY  A  SAFETY  BELT
APPROVED  BY THE COMMISSIONER. NO PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN SHALL
BE A PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS
RESTRAINED BY A SAFETY BELT APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00316-04-9

co-Sponsors

2009-S1169B (ACTIVE) - Details

Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S1337
2013-2014: S389
2015-2016: S1535
2017-2018: S2928

2009-S1169B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

2009-S1169B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1169B

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandatory
seat belt use


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To improve the safety of motor vehicle occupants.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

The bill amends subdivision 3 of §1229-c of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law to require the use of seat belts by all passengers sixteen years
of age or older riding in any seating position in a motor vehicle.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The institution of a mandatory seat belt law for all front seat
passengers has saved lives. According to the New York State Department
of Motor Vehicles, in 1984, the year the law was enacted,
approximately 16% of individuals wore seat belts. By 2008, 24 years
after the law was enacted, the compliance rate was up to 89%. The
Governor's Traffic Safety Committee has indicated that thirty percent

of highway deaths in New York State occurred to occupants who were
unrestrained. This is a greater factor than alcohol or excessive
speed.

Recognizing the serious injuries that may be caused to other
passengers or the driver of a motor vehicle by an unrestrained
occupant of the vehicle in the event of a collision, 19 states have
adopted legislation requiring all rear seat occupants to wear safety
restraints.

Extensive research has shown that unbelted rear seat passengers can
kill and injure others. A sixty pound unbelted passenger traveling in
the rear seat would exert a force of approximately 2,700 pounds, or
more than one ton, into the driver's seat in a head-on crash at 30
miles per hour.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in
fatal crashes, 76% of vehicle occupants who were totally ejected from
the vehicle were killed. In 2007, only once percent of the occupants
reported to' have been using restraints were totally ejected from the
vehicle, compared with 31% of the unrestrained occupants. As a result,
safety experts believe that the use of a rear seat belt could prevent
over two thirds of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from
motor vehicle crashes. Therefore, this legislation seeks to reduce
automobile accident fatalities and casualties by requiring all
occupants of a motor vehicle to buckle up.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2007-08 (A.104/S.174)
2005-06 (A.2157-A/S.3582-A)
2003-04 (A.903/S.118)
2002 (A.11063-A/S.6302-A)

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None known.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become law.

2009-S1169B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1169--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
  tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
  mitted to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandatory
  seat belt use

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read  as
follows:
  3.  No  person  shall  operate  a  motor vehicle unless such person is
restrained by a safety belt approved  by  the  commissioner.  No  person
sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in [the front seat of]
a  motor  vehicle  unless  such  person  is  restrained by a safety belt
approved by the commissioner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00316-03-9

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Sponsored By

Martin Malavé Dilan

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A225 - On Floor Calendar

Bill Amendments

2009-S1169 - Details

2009-S1169 - Summary

2009-S1169 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1169 - Bill Text download pdf

2009-S1169A - Details

2009-S1169A - Summary

2009-S1169A - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1169A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.

Antoine M. Thompson

2009-S1169B (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S1169B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S1169B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1169B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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