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Assembly Bill A547A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the operator of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind; not less than three feet distance

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2021-A547 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4529
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1122-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9189
2017-2018: A2845
2019-2020: A283
2023-2024: A4346, S1724
2025-2026: A1831, S1665

2021-A547 - Summary

Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind outside the city of New York.

2021-A547 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    547
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STECK,  BRONSON,  CAHILL, ENGLEBRIGHT, FAHY,
   GUNTHER, PALMESANO, SIMON -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operators of
   a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added  by
 chapter 413 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1122-a. Overtaking a bicycle.  The operator of a vehicle overtaking,
 from  behind,  a  bicycle proceeding on the same side of a roadway shall
 pass to the left of such bicycle at a [safe] distance OF NOT  LESS  THAN
 THREE FEET until safely clear thereof.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03980-01-1

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2021-A547A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4529
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1122-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9189
2017-2018: A2845
2019-2020: A283
2023-2024: A4346, S1724
2025-2026: A1831, S1665

2021-A547A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind outside the city of New York.

2021-A547A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  547--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STECK,  BRONSON,  CAHILL, ENGLEBRIGHT, FAHY,
   GUNTHER,  PALMESANO,  SIMON,  WOERNER,  GOTTFRIED,   QUART,   EPSTEIN,
   GALLAGHER,  SEAWRIGHT,  BARNWELL,  CLARK,  MAMDANI, FORREST, RAJKUMAR,
   OTIS, THIELE, GLICK, FRONTUS, CRUZ, GRIFFIN,  DE LOS SANTOS,  CARROLL,
   DINOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
   -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in  accordance  with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operators of
   a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added  by
 chapter 413 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   §  1122-a.  Overtaking a bicycle. [The] FOR CITIES HAVING A POPULATION
 OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION AND TOWNS AND VILLAGES, THE operator of a vehi-
 cle overtaking, from behind, a bicycle proceeding on the same side of  a
 roadway  shall  pass to the left of such bicycle at a [safe] distance OF
 NOT LESS THAN THREE FEET until safely clear thereof.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03980-02-2

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