| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 01, 2025 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S7095
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 2nd Senate District
2025-S7095 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1203-b, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
S3700
2021-2022: S6175
2023-2024: S4771
2025-S7095 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7095
SPONSOR: LANZA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in
handicapped parking spaces
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Relates to allowing vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran
plates to park in handicapped parking spaces.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 1203-b of the vehicle and traffic law by
adding a new subdivision 3 to declare that parking spaces for the hand-
icapped as provided for in sections one thousand two hundred three-a and
one thousand two hundred three-c of this chapter shall also be extended
to a motor vehicle bearing a disabled veteran plate pursuant to subdivi-
sion three of section four hundred four-a or a purple heart plate pursu-
2025-S7095 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7095
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 1, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. LANZA, MATTERA -- 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 allowing
vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in
handicapped parking spaces
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1203-b of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. PARKING SPACES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTIONS ONE
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE-A AND ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE-C OF
THIS CHAPTER SHALL ALSO BE EXTENDED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE BEARING A DISA-
BLED VETERAN PLATE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
FOUR-A OR A PURPLE HEART PLATE PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-E
OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11337-01-5
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