Assembly Actions -
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Feb 14, 2022 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 03, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 02, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 01, 2022 |
1st report cal.410 |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly |
Feb 22, 2021 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 08, 2021 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 03, 2021 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 02, 2021 |
1st report cal.272 |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S62
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 19th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2021-S62 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S62 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S62 SPONSOR: PERSAUD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the insurance law, in relation to instruction concerning traffic stops TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the insurance law, in relation to instruction concerning traffic stops PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require driver's education and defensive driving instructors to include proper behavior when stopped by a law enforcement officer as a part of driving instruction courses. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
2021-S62 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 62 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 insurance law, in relation to instruction concerning traffic stops THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 513 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: (i) Upon submission of an application for a driver's license, the applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat- ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", "Work Zone Safety" awareness and "Motorcycle Safety" awareness as defined by the commis- sioner, "School Bus Safety" awareness, the law relating to exercising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing author- ized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A DRIVER WHEN STOPPED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER and such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satisfactorily complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of not less than four hours and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom driver training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent thereof. Such test shall include at least seven writ- ten questions concerning the effects of consumption of alcohol or drugs on the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from violations of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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