Senate Bill S775A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the responsibilities of an ignition interlock monitor

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S775 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4171
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1193 & 1198, V & T L; amd §65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5671, A7494
2021-2022: S6598, A1325

2023-S775 - Summary

Describes the role of the ignition interlock monitor as well as requirements of people charged with violations that require the installation of an ignition interlock device to comply with court orders.

2023-S775 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S775 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    775
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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  penal  law,  in
   relation to the ignition interlock program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1193 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 2013,  and
 subparagraph  (ii-a)  as  added  by  chapter 191 of the laws of 2014, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) Felony offenses. (i) A  person  who  operates  a  vehicle  (A)  in
 violation  of  subdivision  two, two-a, three, four or four-a of section
 eleven hundred ninety-two of this article after having been convicted of
 a violation of subdivision two, two-a, three, four  or  four-a  of  such
 section  or  of  vehicular  assault  in  the  second or first degree, as
 defined, respectively, in sections  120.03  and  120.04  and  aggravated
 vehicular  assault as defined in section 120.04-a of the penal law or of
 vehicular manslaughter in  the  second  or  first  degree,  as  defined,
 respectively,  in  sections  125.12  and 125.13 and aggravated vehicular
 homicide as defined in section 125.14 of such law, within the  preceding
 ten  years, or (B) in violation of paragraph (b) of subdivision two-a of
 section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article shall be guilty  of  a
 class  E  felony,  and  shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
 thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or by a  period  of
 imprisonment  as  provided  in  the  penal law, or by both such fine and
 imprisonment.
   (ii) A person who operates a vehicle in violation of subdivision  two,
 two-a,  three,  four  or  four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of
 this article after having been convicted of a violation  of  subdivision
 two,  two-a,  three,  four  or  four-a  of  such section or of vehicular
 assault in the second or first  degree,  as  defined,  respectively,  in

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02546-01-3
              

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2023-S775A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4171
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1193 & 1198, V & T L; amd §65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5671, A7494
2021-2022: S6598, A1325

2023-S775A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Describes the role of the ignition interlock monitor as well as requirements of people charged with violations that require the installation of an ignition interlock device to comply with court orders.

2023-S775A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S775A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  775--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
   favorably from said  committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on
   Finance  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and  traffic  law  and  the  penal  law,  in
   relation to the ignition interlock program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares:
   1.  In  2009, New York adopted "Leandra's Law" to require, as a condi-
 tion of sentence, that all individuals convicted of the crime of driving
 while intoxicated install an ignition interlock device (IID) for a spec-
 ified time in any vehicle they own or operate.    Fifteen  years  later,
 despite  the  mandate,  only  three in ten offenders actually install an
 IID.
   2. In addition, although the  penalty  model  based  predominantly  on
 license  revocation  persists,  far too many offenders continue to drive
 even after losing their  license privilege, and a significant number  of
 them    continue to drive under the influence of alcohol.  The consensus
 among highway safety experts is that well over  fifty  percent,  and  as
 many as eighty percent, of revoked drivers continue to drive while unli-
 censed.
   3.  IIDs  are  designed  to  do  two things: (1) protect the public by
 preventing drunk driving events; and (2) alter driver behavior to reduce
 recidivism. Numerous studies have shown IIDs to be overwhelmingly effec-
 tive on both counts:
   (a) Public safety. Between December 1, 2006 and December 31, 2020, IID
 installation stopped 3.8 million drivers nationally from  attempting  to
 drive  while  legally  intoxicated  (.08+) and foiled an additional 25.4
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02546-04-3
              

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