Bill Sponsors: NY A00561 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while operating a bicycle upon a public highway, bicycle lane or roadway; provides an exception for emergency calls and hands-free mobile telephones; further prohibits local governments from regulating the use of a mobile telephone by bicycle operators and provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A00561 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-081FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Sandra Galef [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-095FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Felix Ortiz [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-051FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Dan Quart [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-073FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-075FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Assemblymember Harvey Weisenberg [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-020FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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