assembly Bill A6163

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle, unless such person is restrained by a safety belt

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  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 11, 2020 signed chap.136
Aug 10, 2020 delivered to governor
Mar 03, 2020 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.352
substituted for s4336
Feb 12, 2020 referred to transportation
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Jan 08, 2020 ordered to third reading cal.232
May 02, 2019 advanced to third reading cal.255
Apr 30, 2019 reported
Mar 14, 2019 reported referred to codes
Feb 28, 2019 referred to transportation

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Mar 3, 2020 - floor Vote

A6163
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Floor Vote: Mar 3, 2020

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A6163 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4336
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A225
2011-2012: A1306
2013-2014: A6657
2015-2016: A2449
2017-2018: A1582

A6163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

A6163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6163
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandatory
   seat belt use
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 365 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   3.  No  person  shall  operate  a  motor vehicle unless such person is
 restrained by a safety belt approved  by  the  commissioner.  No  person
 sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in [the front seat of]
 a  motor  vehicle  unless  such  person  is  restrained by a safety belt
 approved by the commissioner.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10128-01-9