Assembly Bill A3454

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires child restraint systems to be equipped with sensors

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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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2021-A3454 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1229-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8592
2023-2024: A1115

2021-A3454 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires retailers to equip child restraint systems with sensors to notify drivers if a child has been left in the car.

2021-A3454 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3454
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   child restraint systems to be equipped with sensor technology to alert
   drivers of the presence of a child

   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 1229-e to read as follows:
   §  1229-E.  CHILD CAR RESTRAINT SYSTEM SENSOR. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION   FOUR   OF   SECTION   TWELVE   HUNDRED
 TWENTY-NINE-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B)  "MOTOR  VEHICLE"  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN PARA-
 GRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-C OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   2. (A) ALL CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS SOLD BY OR THROUGH ANY RETAIL BUSI-
 NESS ENTITY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE FIXED WITH SENSOR  TECHNOLOGY  WHICH
 SHALL MONITOR THE PRESENCE OF A CHILD IN SUCH CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS.
   (B)  SUCH  SENSOR TECHNOLOGY SHALL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RECEIVER
 CONNECTED TO A MOBILE APPLICATION ACCESSIBLE BY THE DRIVER OR  OWNER  OF
 THE MOTOR VEHICLE THROUGH A MOBILE DEVICE OR VIA A MOTOR VEHICLE'S DIAG-
 NOSTICS  PORT TO NOTIFY THE DRIVER TO THE PRESENCE OF A CHILD SECURED IN
 THE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM.  WHEN  A  CHILD  IS  SECURED  IN  THE  CHILD
 RESTRAINT  SYSTEM,  THE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY SHALL NOTIFY THE DRIVER OF THE
 MOTOR VEHICLE OF THE CHILD'S PRESENCE THROUGH AN ALERT:
   (I) UPON TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AT THE END OF A TRIP; OR
   (II) IF THE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM IS NOT PROPERLY  SECURED  DURING  A
 TRIP.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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