Senate Bill S6655

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires passengers and operators under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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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2019-S6655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8822
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1238, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1892, A8251
2023-2024: S2785

2019-S6655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires passengers and operators of bicycles, skateboards, in-line skates and scooters under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear.

2019-S6655 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6655
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  required
   protective  headgear  for  operators of bicycles, skateboards, in-line
   skates and scooters 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, subdivision 4, paragraphs (a) and (b)
 of subdivision 5, and subdivisions 5-a, 5-b, 8 and 9 of section 1238  of
 the  vehicle  and  traffic law, the section heading and subdivision 4 as
 amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 1993, paragraphs (a)  and  (b)  of
 subdivision  5  as  amended by chapter 457 of the laws of 1999, subdivi-
 sions 5-a and 9 as amended by chapter 703 of the laws of 2004,  subdivi-
 sion  5-b as added by chapter 402 of the laws of 2001, and subdivision 8
 as amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 1995, 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.
   4.  The court shall waive any fine for which a person who violates the
 provisions of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this section would  be
 liable  if  such  person  supplies the court with proof that between the
 date of violation and the appearance date for such violation such person
 purchased or rented a helmet, which meets the requirements of  paragraph
 (a)  of  subdivision two of this section. Further, the court shall waive
 any fine for which a person who violates the provisions of paragraph (b)
 of subdivision two of this  section  would  be  liable  if  such  person
 supplies the court with proof that between the date of violation and the
 appearance  date  for  such  violation such person purchased or rented a
 seat which meets the requirements of paragraph (b) of subdivision two of
 this section. The court [may] SHALL waive any fine for  which  a  person
 who  violates the provisions of subdivision two of this section would be
 liable if the court finds that due to reasons of economic hardship  such
 person  was  unable  to  purchase  a helmet or seat. Such waiver of fine
              

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