| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Mar 05, 2018 | referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Feb 27, 2018 | amended on third reading 5974a |
| Jan 23, 2018 | advanced to third reading |
| Jan 22, 2018 | 2nd report cal. |
| Jan 17, 2018 | 1st report cal.211 |
| Jan 03, 2018 | referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly |
| Jun 15, 2017 | referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Jun 14, 2017 | ordered to third reading cal.1732 committee discharged and committed to rules |
| May 09, 2017 | referred to transportation |
senate Bill S5974A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Elaine Phillips
(R) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Patty Ritchie
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S5974 - Details
S5974 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5974 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to adding a school bus safety component to the pre-licensing driver's education course PURPOSE : To ensure that drivers have greater awareness of the law prohibiting overtaking and passing a stopped school bus by including a school bus safety component in the drivers education curriculum and at least one question on school bus safety in the pre-licensing written exam. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one provides for the inclusion of at least one question of the pre-licensing written examination and the inclusion of a school bus safety component in drivers education curriculum. Section two provides that this act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION : Passing a stopped school bus is a serious violation of the vehicle and
S5974 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5974
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 9, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sens. PHILLIPS, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to adding a
school bus safety component to the pre-licensing driver's education
course
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraphs (b) and
(d) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law,
subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 97 of the laws
of 2016 and paragraphs (b) and (d) as amended by chapter 585 of the laws
of 2002, are amended and a new paragraph (c-3) is added to read as
follows:
(i) Upon submission of an application for a driver's license, the
applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the
laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", or "Work Zone Safe-
ty" awareness as defined by the commissioner, the law relating to exer-
cising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing
authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section elev-
en hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and compre-
hend traffic signs and symbols, SCHOOL BUS SAFETY and such other matters
as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satisfactorily complete a
course prescribed by the commissioner of not less than four hours and
not more than five hours, consisting of classroom driver training and
highway safety instruction or the equivalent thereof. Such test shall
include at least seven written questions concerning the effects of
consumption of alcohol or drugs on the ability of a person to operate a
motor vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from
violations of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohib-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
Patty Ritchie
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S5974A (ACTIVE) - Details
S5974A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5974A SPONSOR: PHILLIPS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to adding a school bus safety component to the pre-licensing driver's education course PURPOSE: To ensure that drivers have greater awareness of the law prohibiting overtaking and passing a stopped school bus by including a school bus safety component in the drivers education curriculum and at least one question on school bus safety in the pre-licensing written exam. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one provides for the inclusion of at least one question of the pre-licensing written examination and the inclusion of a school bus safety component in drivers education curriculum.
S5974A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5974--A
Cal. No. 211
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 9, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sens. PHILLIPS, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee,
ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading,
amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
third reading
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to adding a
school bus safety component to the pre-licensing driver's education
course
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraphs (b) and
(d) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2017, are amended and a new para-
graph (c-4) is added to read as follows:
(i) Upon submission of an application for a driver's license, the
applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the
laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", "Work Zone Safety"
awareness and "Motorcycle Safety" awareness as defined by the commis-
sioner, the law relating to exercising due care to avoid colliding with
a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard
vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter,
the ability to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols, SCHOOL BUS
SAFETY and such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to
satisfactorily complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of not
less than four hours and not more than five hours, consisting of class-
room driver training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent
thereof. Such test shall include at least seven written questions
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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