Assembly Bill A4546A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires police officers to notify family members in person of a relative's death in certain circumstances

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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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2019-A4546 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2792
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §603-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3141
2013-2014: S914
2015-2016: S2750
2017-2018: A3024, S1018
2021-2022: A3429, S3150

2019-A4546 - Summary

Enacts "Valeria's law"; requires police officers to notify family members in person of a relative's death in certain circumstances.

2019-A4546 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4546
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. COOK, TITUS, ORTIZ, JOYNER, D'URSO, DICKENS --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKKER, HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   police officers to notify family members in  person  of  a  relative's
   death in certain circumstances
 
   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  "Valeria's
 law".
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 603-c to read as follows:
   § 603-C. ACCIDENTS; POLICE TO NOTIFY IN PERSON. 1. IN EACH MOTOR VEHI-
 CLE ACCIDENT OR ANY OTHER EVENT OR  INCIDENT  IN  WHICH  ANY  PERSON  IS
 KILLED,  WHO WAS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANY LAW, RULES, REGULATIONS, PROCE-
 DURES OR SUMMONS, THE POLICE OFFICER, AGENCY OR INDIVIDUAL WHO,  IN  THE
 REGULAR  COURSE  OF  DUTY, INVESTIGATES SUCH ACCIDENT, EVENT OR INCIDENT
 SHALL USE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY IN PERSON, A  MEMBER
 OF THE PERSON'S FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD OF THE FATALITY AS SOON AS PRACTICA-
 BLE AFTER SUCH ACCIDENT, EVENT OR INCIDENT.
   2.  SUCH  NOTIFICATION  SHALL INDICATE THAT THE PERSON WAS KILLED, THE
 LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT, EVENT OR INCIDENT  AND  THE  LOCATION  OF  THE
 PERSON'S BODY OR REMAINS.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD07433-01-9

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2019-A4546A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2792
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §603-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3141
2013-2014: S914
2015-2016: S2750
2017-2018: A3024, S1018
2021-2022: A3429, S3150

2019-A4546A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Valeria's law"; requires police officers to notify family members in person of a relative's death in certain circumstances.

2019-A4546A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4546--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COOK, TITUS, ORTIZ, JOYNER, D'URSO, DICKENS,
   GALEF, JAFFEE, TAYLOR, LAVINE, HUNTER,  ARROYO,  DAVILA,  WILLIAMS  --
   Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. DenDEKKER, EPSTEIN, GRIFFIN, HEVESI,
   HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
   tation -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   police officers to notify family members in  person  of  a  relative's
   death in certain circumstances
 
   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  "Valeria's
 law".
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 603-c to read as follows:
   § 603-C. ACCIDENTS; POLICE TO NOTIFY IN PERSON.  EVERY POLICE  OFFICER
 TO  WHOM  AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DEATH TO A PERSON IN WHICH THE POLICE
 OFFICER DOES NOT HAVE REASONABLE CAUSE TO  BELIEVE  THE  DECEASED  WOULD
 OTHERWISE  HAVE  BEEN  CHARGED  WITH A VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE
 CONDUCT WHICH RESULTED IN HIS OR HER DEATH, SHALL USE REASONABLE EFFORTS
 TO IDENTIFY AND NOTIFY IN PERSON A MEMBER OF THE  DECEASED'S  FAMILY  OR
 HOUSEHOLD AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER SUCH ACCIDENT IF THE POLICE OFFI-
 CER  HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERSON'S DEATH AND HAS KNOWLEDGE THAT A CORON-
 ER, OR OTHER OFFICIAL PERFORMING LIKE FUNCTIONS HAS NOT ALREADY NOTIFIED
 A FAMILY MEMBER. SUCH PERSONAL NOTIFICATION SHALL INDICATE WITHOUT LIMI-
 TATION THE TIME OF THE DECEASED'S DEATH, THE LOCATION OF  THE  ACCIDENT,
 AND THE LOCATION OF THE DECEASED'S BODY OR REMAINS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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