Senate Bill S373

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Abbagail's law prohibits supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


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

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2017-S373 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A535
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1192-b, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7435
2011-2012: S164, A6988
2013-2014: S1055, A1624
2015-2016: S2976, A1320
2019-2020: S453, A3650
2021-2022: S3201
2023-2024: S777

2017-S373 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts Abbagail's law prohibiting supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and subjects them to criminal charges.

2017-S373 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S373 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    373
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ORTT,  FUNKE,  RITCHIE  -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to acting as a
   supervising driver while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as "Abbagail's
 Law".
   § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1192-b to read as follows:
   §  1192-B.  SUPERVISING  A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
 AND/OR DRUGS. 1. NO PERSON SHALL ACT AS A SUPERVISING DRIVER PURSUANT TO
 SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OR FIVE HUNDRED ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER  IF  SUCH
 PERSON  WOULD  BE  IN  VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR OR
 FOUR-A OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE IF HE OR SHE
 WERE OPERATING THE VEHICLE.
   SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS
 SHALL BE A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   2. AGGRAVATED SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF  ALCO-
 HOL  AND/OR  DRUGS. NO PERSON SHALL ACT AS A SUPERVISING DRIVER PURSUANT
 TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OR FIVE HUNDRED ONE-B  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  IF
 SUCH PERSON WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE IF HE OR SHE WERE OPERATING THE VEHI-
 CLE.
   AGGRAVATED  SUPERVISING  A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
 AND/OR DRUGS SHALL BE A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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