Assembly Bill A1892

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires rear occupant alert systems in certain vehicles

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2025-A1892 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3565
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8929, S8734

2025-A1892 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires rear occupant alert systems in certain vehicles.

2025-A1892 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1892
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   rear occupant alert systems in certain vehicles; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 58 to read as follows:
   58. REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEMS.  IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON,
 FIRM, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION TO SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE IN THIS STATE
 A NEW PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHING LESS  THAN  TEN  THOUSAND  POUNDS
 GROSS  VEHICLE  WEIGHT WHICH IS TO BE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND WHICH
 WAS MANUFACTURED OR ASSEMBLED ONE YEAR OR MORE AFTER THE DATE UPON WHICH
 THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC  SAFETY  ADMINISTRATION  PROMULGATES  FINAL
 REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEMS, AND
 DESIGNATED AS A VEHICLE FOR SUCH MODEL YEAR OR AS  A  NEWER  MODEL  YEAR
 VEHICLE,  UNLESS  SUCH  VEHICLE  IS  EQUIPPED WITH A REAR OCCUPANT ALERT
 SYSTEM. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "REAR  OCCUPANT  ALERT
 SYSTEM"  SHALL  MEAN A SYSTEM TO ALERT THE OPERATOR TO CHECK REAR-DESIG-
 NATED SEATING POSITIONS AFTER THE VEHICLE ENGINE OR MOTOR IS DEACTIVATED
 BY THE OPERATOR, AND THE TERM "PASSENGER MOTOR  VEHICLE"  SHALL  INCLUDE
 ONLY THOSE MOTOR VEHICLES CAPABLE OF BEING REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION  SIX  OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH HAVE REAR
 SEATS.
   § 2. Severability. If any clause,  sentence,  subdivision,  paragraph,
 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction  to  be  invalid, or if any federal agency determines in writing
 that this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt  of
 federal  funds, such judgment or written determination shall not affect,
 impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05283-01-5
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.