| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2025 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S446
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 26th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 20th Senate District
2025-S446 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §510, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
S5203
2021-2022: S764
2023-2024: S12
2025-S446 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S446
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
certain mandatory license revocation for certain traffic infractions by
drivers
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The bill will revoke the driving privileges of those who repeatedly
exhibit hazardous driving behavior and will keep New York streets safer
from dangerous drivers.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill amends Section 510 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) that requires the revocation of a
person's driving privileges if such person is found to have committed or
violated any combination of three of the prescribe d dangerous driving
offenses within a 12 month period. The driving privileges must be
2025-S446 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
446
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 providing
certain mandatory license revocation for certain traffic infractions
by drivers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (xiii) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 1 of
part B of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended and a new subpara-
graph (xiv) is added to read as follows:
(xiii) of a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of section
twelve hundred twenty-five-c or section twelve hundred twenty-five-d of
this chapter committed where such person is the holder of a class DJ or
MJ learner's permit or a class DJ or MJ license at the time of the
commission of such violation and such second or subsequent violation was
committed within six months following the restoration of such permit or
license[.]; OR
(XIV) OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, COMMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF
TWELVE MONTHS, OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER, OF
SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OR (III) OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION (H) OF
SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER, SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS
CHAPTER, OF ANY PROVISION OF ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, OF
SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-C OF THIS CHAPTER, OF SECTION TWELVE
HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-D OF THIS CHAPTER, OR ANY COMBINATION OF THE AFORE-
SAID SECTIONS OR ARTICLES, WHETHER SUCH THREE OR MORE VIOLATIONS WERE
REPETITIONS OF THE SAME OFFENSE OR WERE DIFFERENT OFFENSES. SUCH LICENSE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01256-02-5
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