Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 31, 2018 |
print number 8271a |
May 31, 2018 |
amend and recommit to transportation |
Apr 25, 2018 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S8271A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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
Bill Amendments
2017-S8271 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1238, V & T L
2017-S8271 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8271 SPONSOR: GOLDEN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to required protective headgear for operators of bicycles under eighteen years of age PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require that operators and passengers of bicycles who are under 18 years of age to wear protective headgear. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends Vehicle and Traffic law section 1238 to require passengers and operators of bicycles under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear. Section two provides that this act shall take effect on the sixtieth day
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) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8271A SPONSOR: GOLDEN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to required protective headgear for operators of bicycles under eighteen years of age PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require that operators and passengers of bicycles who are under 18 years of age to wear protective headgear. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends Vehicle and Traffic law section 1238 to require passengers and operators of bicycles under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear. Section two provides that this act shall take effect on the sixtieth day
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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