Assembly Bill A535

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Abbagail's law prohibits supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs

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  • 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

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2017-A535 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S373
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1192-b, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7435
2011-2012: A6988, S164
2013-2014: A1624, S1055
2015-2016: A1320, S2976
2019-2020: A3650, S453
2021-2022: S3201
2023-2024: S777

2017-A535 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts Abbagail's law prohibiting supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and subjects them to criminal charges.

2017-A535 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    535
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, HAWLEY, ZEBROWSKI, PAULIN, M. G. MILLER,
   GALEF,  JAFFEE,  LAWRENCE  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. CROUCH,
   FINCH, LUPINACCI, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO, PALUMBO,
   RIVERA, ROSENTHAL, SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to acting as  a
   supervising driver while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  "Abbagail's
 Law".
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 1192-b to read as follows:
   § 1192-B. SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE  INFLUENCE  OF  ALCOHOL
 AND/OR DRUGS. 1. NO PERSON SHALL ACT AS A SUPERVISING DRIVER PURSUANT TO
 SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED ONE OR FIVE HUNDRED ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER IF SUCH
 PERSON WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE,  TWO,  THREE,  FOUR  OR
 FOUR-A OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE IF HE OR SHE
 WERE OPERATING THE VEHICLE.
   SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS
 SHALL BE A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   2.  AGGRAVATED SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCO-
 HOL AND/OR DRUGS. NO PERSON SHALL ACT AS A SUPERVISING  DRIVER  PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  ONE OR FIVE HUNDRED ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER IF
 SUCH PERSON WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF SECTION ELEVEN
 HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE IF HE OR SHE WERE OPERATING THE VEHI-
 CLE.
   AGGRAVATED SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE  OF  ALCOHOL
 AND/OR DRUGS SHALL BE A CLASS E FELONY.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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