Bill Text: NY S01494 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to penalties for striking a pedestrian crossing a street while operating a motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-10 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01494 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S01494-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1494

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2025
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT in relation to penalties for striking  a  pedestrian  crossing  a
          street while operating a motor vehicle

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The commissioner of the department  of  motor  vehicles  is
     2  hereby  directed  to amend and/or adopt rules and regulations to provide
     3  that any person who is convicted or enters a guilty  plea  of  violating
     4  section  1151 and/or 1151-a of the vehicle and traffic law shall receive
     5  5 points on such person's driving record.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







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