NY State Senate Bill S4336

senate Bill S4336

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 15, 2019	referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate
May 14, 2019	ordered to third reading cal.680
May 13, 2019	reported and committed to rules
Mar 07, 2019	referred to transportation

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S4336 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6163
Current Committee:: Assembly Codes
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

S4336 (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.

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4336

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to mandatory seat belt use

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to mandatory seat belt use

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To improve the safety of motor vehicle occupants.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

The bill amends subdivision 3 of § 1229-c of the Vehicle and Traffic Law
to require the use of seat belts by all passengers sixteen y ears of age
or older riding in any seating position in a motor vehicle.

JUSTIFICATION:

The institution of a mandatory seat belt law for all front seat passen-
gers has saved lives. According to the New York State Departmen t of
Motor Vehicles, in 1984, the year the law was enacted, approximately 16%
of individuals wore seat belts. By 2008, 24 years after the law was
enacted, the compliance rate was up to 89%. The Governor's Traffic Safe-
ty Committee has indicated that thirty percent of high way deaths in New
York State occurred to occupants who were unrestrained. This is a great-
er factor than alcohol or excessive speed.

Recognizing the serious injuries that may be caused to other passengers
or the driver of a motor vehicle by an unrestrained occupant of the
vehicle in the event of a collision, 19 states have adopted legislation
requiring all rear seat occupants to wear safety restraints.

Extensive research has shown that unbelted rear seat passengers can kill
and injure others. A sixty pound unbelted passenger traveling in the
rear seat would exert a force of approximately 2,700 pounds, or more
than one ton, into the driver's seat in a head-on crash at 30 miles per
hour.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in fatal
crashes, 76% of vehicle occupants who were totally ejected from the
vehicle were killed. In 2007, only once percent of the occupants
reported to have been using restraints were totally ejected from the
vehicle, compared with 319& of the unrestrained occupants. As a result,
safety experts believe that the use of a rear seat belt could prevent
over two thirds of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from motor
vehicle crashes. Therefore, this legislation seeks to reduce automobile
accident fatalities and casualties by requiring all occupants of a motor
vehicle to buckle up.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017 (A1582A) referred to transportation
amend and recommit to transportation
print number 1582a
reported referred to codes reported referred to rules
2018 referred to codes
2016 (A.2449-8) Referred to Transportation
2015 (A.2449-8) Referred to Transportation
2014 (A.6657/S.389) Referred to Transportation
2013 (A.6657/S.389) Advanced to third reading
2011-12 (A.1306/S.1337) Advanced to third reading
2009-10 (A.225-A/S.1169-13) Advanced to third reading
2007-08 (A.104/S.174)
2005-06 (A.2157-A/5.3582-A)
2003-04 (A.903/S.118)
2002 (A.11063-A/S.6302-A)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4336

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 7, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  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

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May 15, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 15, 2019

May 14, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 14, 2019

May 13, 2019 - Transportation committee Vote

Transportation Committee Vote: May 13, 2019

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S4336 (ACTIVE) - Details

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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David Carlucci

Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

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May 15, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 15, 2019

May 14, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 14, 2019

May 13, 2019 - Transportation committee Vote

Transportation Committee Vote: May 13, 2019

Co-Sponsors

Jen Metzger

José M. Serrano

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Details

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4336 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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