senate Bill S4529

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 16, 2022 referred to transportation
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 07, 2022 advanced to third reading
Mar 03, 2022 2nd report cal.
Mar 02, 2022 1st report cal.630
Jan 05, 2022 referred to transportation
returned to senate
died in assembly
May 20, 2021 referred to transportation
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Apr 28, 2021 advanced to third reading
Apr 27, 2021 2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2021 1st report cal.764
Feb 05, 2021 referred to transportation

Votes

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May 16, 2022 - floor Vote

S4529
53
8
floor
53
Aye
8
Nay
0
Absent
2
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: May 16, 2022

aye (53)
nay (8)
excused (2)

Mar 2, 2022 - Transportation committee Vote

S4529
9
0
committee
9
Aye
0
Nay
4
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Transportation Committee Vote: Mar 2, 2022

aye (9)
aye wr (4)

May 20, 2021 - floor Vote

S4529
58
5
floor
58
Aye
5
Nay
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: May 20, 2021

aye (58)
nay (5)

Apr 27, 2021 - Transportation committee Vote

S4529
8
0
committee
8
Aye
0
Nay
5
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Transportation Committee Vote: Apr 27, 2021

aye (8)
aye wr (5)

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S4529 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A547
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: S1724, A4346

S4529 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

S4529 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4529 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4529
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 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.
                                                            LBD07919-01-1

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