Assembly Bill A1851

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits a child less than ten years of age from being left unattended in a motor vehicle under conditions presenting substantial risk

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2497 - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A1851 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2497
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1210-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A318, S6349
2011-2012: A3960, S2192
2013-2014: A410, S306
2015-2016: A1695, S241
2017-2018: A686, S5631

2019-A1851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a child less than ten years of age from being left unattended in a motor vehicle under conditions presenting substantial risk.

2019-A1851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1851
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MAGNARELLI, BENEDETTO, GALEF, GUNTHER, ORTIZ,
   RIVERA, TITUS, ABBATE, STIRPE, JAFFEE, OTIS, ARROYO,  MOSLEY,  DAVILA,
   PICHARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BLAKE, BRAUNSTEIN,
   COOK, HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta-
   tion

 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
   a child less than ten years of age from being  left  unattended  in  a
   motor vehicle under conditions presenting substantial risk
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1210-a to read as follows:
   § 1210-A. UNATTENDED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.  1. NO PARENT, GUARDIAN
 OR OTHER PERSON LEGALLY CHARGED WITH THE CARE OR CUSTODY OF A CHILD LESS
 THAN  TEN YEARS OLD SHALL KNOWINGLY OR RECKLESSLY, UNDER CONDITIONS THAT
 PRESENT A SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH OR SAFETY RISK, LEAVE SUCH CHILD UNATTENDED
 INSIDE A MOTOR VEHICLE. NOTHING IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO
 SUPERSEDE THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECTION OF LAW.
   2.  A  VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE A TRAFFIC
 INFRACTION AND SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE  OF  NOT  MORE  THAN  FIFTY
 DOLLARS  UPON  CONVICTION  OF  A  FIRST  VIOLATION; UPON CONVICTION OF A
 SECOND VIOLATION, BOTH OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF  EIGH-
 TEEN MONTHS, SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN
 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS; UPON CONVICTION OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION,
 ALL  OF  WHICH  WERE  COMMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS, SUCH
 VIOLATION SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN TWO  HUNDRED  AND
 FIFTY DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01875-01-9

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