Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 11, 2016 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 09, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
May 05, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
May 04, 2016 |
1st report cal.657 |
Apr 13, 2016 |
print number 6748a |
Apr 13, 2016 |
amend and recommit to transportation |
Feb 16, 2016 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S6748A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S6748 - Details
2015-S6748 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6748 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the penalty for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person SUMMARY OF BILL : This legislation will provide a minimum financial penalty for persons who commit a moving violation (violation of Totle 7 in the Vehicle and Traffic Law), should such violation result in death or serious bodily injury. Section 1: Creates a new paragraph I of Section 1800 of the Vehicle and traffic Law. Section 2: Sets the enactment date. JUSTIFICATION : Currently, there is no minimum financial penalty for committing a moving violation in vehicle and traffic law, that results in the death or serious bodily injury - unless such moving violation is considered Vehicular Manslaughter - the violation of serious vehicle and traffic
2015-S6748 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6748 A. 9291 S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2016 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the penalty for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows: (I) EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF ANY ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH INVOLVES A MOVING VIOLATION WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE, WHERE SUCH VIOLATION RESULTS IN THE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON, SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NO LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14060-01-6
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S6748A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S6748A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6748A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the penalty for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person SUMMARY OF BILL : This legislation will provide a minimum penalty for persons who commit a moving violation (violation of Title 7 in the Vehicle and Traffic Law), should such violation result in death or serious bodily injury of another. Section 1: Creates a new paragraph I of Section 1800 of the Vehicle and traffic Law, creating a penalty for a moving violation with a motor vehicle that results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person, to be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a fine of no less than three hundred dollars, or imprisonment of not more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, and the completion of a motor vehicle accident prevention course, as defined by article twelve-B of the vehicle and traffic law. The lines - "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be
2015-S6748A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6748--A A. 9291--A S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2016 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. FUNKE, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans- portation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, NOJAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- 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 the penalty for a moving violation which results in the serious bodily injury or death of another person THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows: (I) EVERY PERSON CONVICTED OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF ANY ORDINANCE, ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH INVOLVES A MOVING VIOLATION WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE, WHERE SUCH VIOLATION RESULTS IN THE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR, WHICH SHALL BE PUNISH- ABLE BY A FINE OF NO LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR IMPRISONMENT OF NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, AND THE COMPLETION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE, AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE TWELVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14060-03-6
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