Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly |
May 20, 2021 | referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 10, 2021 | advanced to third reading |
May 05, 2021 | 2nd report cal. |
May 04, 2021 | 1st report cal.908 |
Apr 26, 2021 | reported and committed to finance |
Feb 01, 2021 | referred to transportation |
senate Bill S3957
Sponsored By
Timothy M. Kennedy
(D, WF) 63rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Phil Boyle
(R) 0 Senate District
James Gaughran
(D) 0 Senate District
Todd Kaminsky
(D) 0 Senate District
S3957 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §§1221-a, 1221-b & 118-a, amd §161, V & T L; amd §22, Transp L; add §99-ii, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020: S6094
2023-2024: S4647
S3957 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3957 SPONSOR: KENNEDY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the transportation law, in relation to work zone safety; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the work zone safety fund PURPOSE: This bill creates a penalty for endangerment of a highway worker, sets a fine structure, and directs sixty percent of fines collected to a work zone safety fund. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section One adds a new section 1221-a to the Vehicle and Traffic Law to create the crime of endangerment of a highway worker. Section two adds a new section 1221-b to the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
S3957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3957 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, BOYLE, GAUGHRAN, KAMINSKY, SKOUFIS -- 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 and the transportation law, in relation to work zone safety; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the work zone safety fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1221-a to read as follows: § 1221-A. ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER. 1. A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE COMMITS ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER IF THE DRIVER IS OPER- ATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN A WORK AREA AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER AT ANY TIME ONE OR MORE HIGHWAY WORK- ERS ARE IN THE WORK AREA AND DOES ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) ENTERS A WORK AREA IN ANY LANE NOT CLEARLY DESIGNATED FOR USE BY MOTOR VEHICLES; OR (B) FAILS TO OBEY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF MOTOR VEHICLES THROUGH THE WORK AREA FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN: (I) AN EMERGENCY; (II) THE AVOIDANCE OF AN OBSTACLE; OR (III) THE PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANOTHER PERSON. 2. (A) A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISON- MENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS OR BY BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISON- MENT. (B) A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHO CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE TEN OF THE PENAL LAW TO A HIGHWAY WORKER IN THE WORK AREA WHILE VIOLATING PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A TRAF- FIC INFRACTION PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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