Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S5301

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires state police to carry and offer use of jumper cables

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2019-S5301 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2838
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §212-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11336
2021-2022: S1595, A2314
2023-2024: S2195, A6974
2025-2026: S486, A4175

2019-S5301 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state police to carry and offer use of jumper cables to disabled vehicles.

2019-S5301 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5301 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5301
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring state police
   to carry and offer use of jumper cables
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  212-a
 to read as follows:
   §  212-A.  REQUIRED  EQUIPMENT.  THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL REQUIRE THAT
 EVERY VEHICLE OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK STATE  POLICE  BE  EQUIPPED  WITH
 JUMPER  CABLES TO ASSIST IN POWERING THE BATTERY OF DISABLED VEHICLES. A
 STATE POLICE OFFICER SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  OFFER  USE  OF  SUCH  JUMPER
 CABLES WHEN APPROACHING A DISABLED VEHICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03766-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.