Senate Bill S8271A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires operators of bicycles who are under 18 years of age to wear protective headgear

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  • 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-S8271 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1238, V & T L

2017-S8271 - Summary

Requires operators of bicycles who are under 18 years of age to wear protective headgear.

2017-S8271 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8271 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8271
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  required
   protective  headgear for operators of bicycles under eighteen years of
   age
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision
 5, and subdivision 9 of section 1238 of the vehicle and traffic law, the
 section heading as amended by chapter 267 of the  laws  of  1993,  para-
 graphs  (a)  and  (b)  of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 457 of the
 laws of 1999 and subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 703 of the laws  of
 2004, are amended to read as follows:
   Passengers  on  bicycles  under one year of age prohibited; passengers
 and operators under [fourteen] EIGHTEEN years of age to wear  protective
 headgear.
   (a)  No  person  operating a bicycle shall allow a person five or more
 years of age and less than [fourteen] EIGHTEEN years of age to ride as a
 passenger on a bicycle unless such passenger is wearing a helmet meeting
 standards established by the commissioner.
   (b) No person, one or more years of age and less than [fourteen] EIGH-
 TEEN years of age, shall operate a bicycle unless such person is wearing
 a helmet meeting standards established by the commissioner.
   9. (A) Subdivisions [five,] five-a, five-b, and six  of  this  section
 shall  not  be  applicable to any county, city, town or village that has
 enacted a local law or ordinance prior to the  effective  date  of  this
 subdivision  that prohibits a person who is one or more years of age and
 less than [fourteen] EIGHTEEN years of age from operating a  bicycle  or
 skating  or gliding on in-line skates or a skate board without wearing a
 bicycle helmet meeting the standards of the American National  Standards
 Institute  (Ansi  Z  90.4  bicycle helmet standards), the Snell Memorial
 Foundation's Standards for Protective Headgear for use in Bicycling,  or
 the  American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) bike helmet stand-
 ards, or that prohibits a person operating a  bicycle  from  allowing  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

2017-S8271A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1238, V & T L

2017-S8271A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires operators of bicycles who are under 18 years of age to wear protective headgear.

2017-S8271A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8271A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8271--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  required
   protective  headgear for operators of bicycles under eighteen years of
   age

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision
 5, and subdivision 9 of section 1238 of the vehicle and traffic law, the
 section heading as amended by chapter 267 of the  laws  of  1993,  para-
 graphs  (a)  and  (b)  of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 457 of the
 laws of 1999 and subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 703 of the laws  of
 2004, are amended to read as follows:
   Passengers  on  bicycles  under one year of age prohibited; passengers
 and operators under [fourteen] EIGHTEEN years of age to wear  protective
 headgear.
   (a)  No  person  operating a bicycle shall allow a person five or more
 years of age and less than [fourteen] EIGHTEEN years of age to ride as a
 passenger on a bicycle unless such passenger is wearing a helmet meeting
 standards established by the commissioner.
   (b) No person, one or more years of age and less than [fourteen] EIGH-
 TEEN years of age, shall operate a bicycle unless such person is wearing
 a helmet meeting standards established by the commissioner.
   9. (A) Subdivisions [five,] five-a, five-b, and six  of  this  section
 shall  not  be  applicable to any county, city, town or village that has
 enacted a local law or ordinance prior to the  effective  date  of  this
 subdivision  that prohibits a person who is one or more years of age and
 less than [fourteen] EIGHTEEN years of age from operating a  bicycle  or
 skating  or gliding on in-line skates or a skate board without wearing a
 bicycle helmet meeting the standards of the American National  Standards
 Institute  (Ansi  Z  90.4  bicycle helmet standards), the Snell Memorial
 Foundation's Standards for Protective Headgear for use in Bicycling,  or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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