Senate Bill S7969

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the minimum age to be able to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle

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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-S7969 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8291
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S440, A1086

2019-S7969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the minimum age requirement to be able to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle.

2019-S7969 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7969
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 establishing
   a minimum age for passengers to ride in the  front  seat  of  a  motor
   vehicle
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1229-c of the vehicle and  traffic
 law,  as  amended  by  chapter  18 of the laws of 2005, paragraph (c) as
 amended by chapter 405 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  No  person  shall  operate  a  motor vehicle unless all front seat
 passengers (a) [under] ARE OVER the age of [sixteen are restrained by  a
 safety  belt]  TWELVE ; [or] AND (b) [if they are under the age of four,
 by a specially designed seat which  is  either  permanently  affixed  or
 affixed  to such vehicle by a safety belt as required by subdivision one
 of this section, or in the event that the weight of such passenger under
 the age of four exceeds forty pounds, such passenger may  be  restrained
 (i)  in  an appropriate child restraint system as defined in subdivision
 four of this section used  with  combination  lap  safety  and  shoulder
 harness  belts or (ii) by a lap safety belt in the event such vehicle is
 not equipped with combination lap safety and shoulder harness  belts  or
 all the combination lap safety and shoulder harness belts are being used
 to  properly restrain other passengers who are under the age of sixteen;
 or (c) if they are age four or  older  but  under  age  eight,  (i)  are
 restrained in an appropriate child restraint system as defined in subdi-
 vision  four of this section used with combination lap safety and shoul-
 der harness belts or (ii) are restrained in a lap  safety  belt  in  the
 event  such  vehicle  is  not  equipped  with combination lap safety and
 shoulder harness belts or all the combination lap  safety  and  shoulder
 harness  belts  are being used to properly restrain other passengers who
 are] IF under the age of sixteen ARE RESTRAINED BY A SAFETY BELT.
   § 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

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