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Feb 07, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Feb 06, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
Feb 01, 2023 | 1st report cal.271 |
Jan 20, 2023 | referred to transportation |
senate Bill S2422
Sponsored By
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Jamaal T. Bailey
(D) 36th Senate District
Jabari Brisport
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
Cordell Cleare
(D) 30th Senate District
Kristen Gonzalez
(D, WF) 59th Senate District
S2422 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1642, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S524
S2422 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2422 SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing speed limits in cities with populations in excess of one million people SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill names the act "Sammy's Law." Section 2 of the bill amends section 1642 of the Vehicle & Traffic Law ("Additional traffic regulations in cities having a population in excess of one million") by: -Amending sub-paragraph 26(a) to authorize New York City to set a city- wide speed limit as low as 20 miles per hour. -Amending sub-paragraph 26(b) to require New York City to provide writ- ten notice and an opportunity for public comment before a community board if the City raises a speed limit by more than 5 miles per hour
S2422 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2422 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BAILEY, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LIU, MYRIE, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- 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 establishing speed limits in cities with populations in excess of one million people THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Sammy's law". § 2. Paragraphs 26 and 27 of subdivision (a) of section 1642 of the vehicle and traffic law, paragraph 26 as added and paragraph 27 as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows: 26. (a) With respect to highways (which term for the purposes of this paragraph shall include private roads open to public motor vehicle traf- fic) in such city, other than state highways maintained by the state on which the department of transportation shall have established higher or lower speed limits than the statutory fifty-five miles per hour speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty of this title, or on which the department of transportation shall have designated that such city shall not establish any maximum speed limit as provided in section sixteen hundred twenty-four of this title, subject to the limitations imposed by section sixteen hundred eighty-four of this title, establish- ment of maximum speed limits at which vehicles may proceed within such city or within designated areas of such city higher or lower than the fifty-five miles per hour maximum statutory limit. No such speed limit applicable throughout such city or within designated areas of such city shall be established at less than [twenty-five] TWENTY miles per hour, except that school speed limits may be established at no less than EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02070-01-3 S. 2422 2
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