Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 13, 2023 | referred to transportation |
senate Bill S1724
Sponsored By
Pete Harckham
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Current 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
Anthony H. Palumbo
(R) 1st Senate District
Luis R. Sepúlveda
(D) 32nd Senate District
S1724 (ACTIVE) - Details
S1724 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1724 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind PURPOSE: Requires vehicles overtaking a bicycle from behind to allow a safe distance of 3 feet when passing. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, provid- ing that operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind proceeding on the same roadway shall pass to the left of such bicycle at a safe distance of no less than three feet until safely clear thereof. This would apply to cities with a population of less than one million and towns and villages.
S1724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1724 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2023 ___________ 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. LBD04965-01-3
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