Assembly Bill A9636

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting a driver to not have a hand on the steering mechanism of a vehicle while a driving automation system is engaged

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  • Introduced
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    • 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-A9636 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8243
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1226, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S65

2017-A9636 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to permitting a driver to not have a hand on the steering mechanism of a vehicle while a driving automation system is engaged.

2017-A9636 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9636
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting a
   driver to not have a hand on the steering mechanism of a vehicle while
   a driving automation system is engaged
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1226 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter 506 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1226. Control of steering mechanism. No person shall operate a motor
 vehicle without having at least one hand or, in the case of a physically
 handicapped person, at least one prosthetic device or aid on the  steer-
 ing  mechanism at all times when the motor vehicle is in motion UNLESS A
 DRIVING AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AS  DEFINED  IN  SAE  J3016  AS  PERIODICALLY
 REVISED, IS ENGAGED TO PERFORM STEERING FUNCTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
 violations committed on and after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14164-01-8

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