Senate Bill S1701

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires automobiles sold in this state with model year 2025 and thereafter to be equipped with a blind spot monitoring device

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • 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-S1701 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3202
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §379, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6955
2011-2012: A1605
2013-2014: A5195
2015-2016: A8428
2017-2018: S8383, A3864
2021-2022: S1170

2019-S1701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires automobiles sold in this state with model year 2025 and thereafter to be equipped with a blind spot monitoring device.

2019-S1701 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1701
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   all new motor vehicles sold in this state to be equipped with a  blind
   spot monitoring device

   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 379 to read as follows:
   §  379. BLIND SPOT MONITORING DEVICE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "BLIND SPOT MONITORING DEVICE"  SHALL  MEAN  A  SYSTEM  OF  DIGITAL
 CAMERAS  OR  OTHER  MEDIA RECORDING DEVICES FITTED WITHIN THE BODY OR ON
 THE EXTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS CAPABLE OF MONITORING ALL BLIND
 SPOTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE AND WHICH GENERATES  A  WARNING
 TO  THE OPERATOR OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE, BY MEANS OF A LIGHT, A BUZZER OR
 BOTH, WHEN ANY OBJECT IS DETECTED IN SUCH BLIND SPOT; AND
   B. "BLIND SPOT" SHALL MEAN AN AREA OF THE ROAD THAT CANNOT BE SEEN  BY
 THE  OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE LOOKING FORWARD OR THROUGH EITHER
 THE REAR-VIEW OR SIDE MIRRORS.
   2. COMMENCING WITH MODEL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND EVERY MODEL
 YEAR THEREAFTER, EVERY AUTOMOBILE SOLD IN THIS STATE SHALL  BE  EQUIPPED
 WITH  A BLIND SPOT MONITORING DEVICE. THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY AUTHOR-
 IZED AND DIRECTED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR  THE
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07058-01-9

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