NY State Senate Bill 2021-S300

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A381 - Passed Senate

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 23, 2022	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1351 substituted for s300a
May 23, 2022	substituted by a381a
May 16, 2022	ordered to third reading cal.1351 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 05, 2022	referred to consumer protection
Feb 11, 2021	print number 300a
Feb 11, 2021	amend and recommit to consumer protection
Jan 06, 2021	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- May 23, 2022 - Floor Vote
  A381
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 23, 2022
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Brouk
      
      Sanders Jr.
  May 16, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote
  S300
  
  20
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 16, 2022
      
      aye (20)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Lanza

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2021-S300 - Details

Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-iii, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8604

2021-S300 - Summary

Requires any person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other entity that sells new motor vehicle child restraint systems to also sell motor vehicle child restraint system warning devices.

2021-S300 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S300

SPONSOR: THOMAS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of new
motor vehicle child restraint systems

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

A bill to require retailers to post a warning and provide car seat alarm
devices to be sold alongside car seats in New York State.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends the General Business Law by adding

Section 399- uu to require that all retailers who sell car seats in New
York State also sell car seat alarm devices and provide a warning post-
ing.

Section 2 provides that the statute shall take effect in ninety days.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New Yorkers were aghast by the recent tragedy of a father in the Bronx
who exited his motor vehicle while forgetting that his twin one-year old
children were harnessed into car seats in the back seat, left to die
alone in his overheated vehicle. The horror was profound, especially
considering that memory is fallible and such accidents are preventable.
According to www.kidsandcars.org, fifty-three children died from being
left in hot cars in 2018, and to date, in 2019, twenty-six children have
died in hot cars.

The technology exists to help prevent such avoidable deaths, and we
should take steps to ensure that such technology is available with the
sale of all car seats sold in New York State. For example, Evenflo
Advanced SensorSafe Embrace DLX or Cybex Sirona M Sensorsafe are two car
seats currently manufactured and sold with sensor technology. Other car
seat warning devices are available to be added to existing car seats.
The proposed bill would also require retailers to post a warning for
consumers to educate and increase awareness. It is the goal of this bill
that utilizing such technology can help save lives.

We must take steps to protect these young children from unfortunate
mistakes, and require that all car seats sold in the state of New York
be sold alongside with car seat alarm devices and a warning posting.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S.8604 (Thomas) - Referred to Rules Committee/A.8582 (Paulin)
Referred to Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None noted to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after 'it shall have
become law.

2021-S300 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    300
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of new
   motor vehicle child restraint systems

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-uu to read as follows:
   §  399-UU. MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING DEVICES. 1. AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN  A  HARNESS  AND
 RESTRAINT  SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO RIDE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
 WHICH CONFORMS TO THE SPECIFICATIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   (B) "MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING DEVICE"  SHALL  MEAN
 AN  ELECTRONIC  DEVICE  THAT CONNECTS TO A MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT
 SYSTEM, OR IS BUILT INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM, FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF ALERTING THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN THE MOTOR VEHICLE
 HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND A CHILD REMAINS HARNESSED  IN  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM.
   2. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
 NY, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY SHALL SELL OR OFFER TO SELL A NEW MOTOR
 VEHICLE  CHILD  RESTRAINT  SYSTEM  TO  A  CONSUMER AT RETAIL UNLESS SUCH
 PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,
 CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY:
   (A) MAINTAINS IN STOCK AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAYS WITHIN THE STORE MOTOR
 VEHICLE  CHILD  RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING DEVICES AVAILABLE FOR SALE THAT
 ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; AND
   (B) POSTS A NOTICE, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WHICH MAY BE EASILY SEEN
 OR REACHED BY CUSTOMERS, THAT, IN A  LEGIBLE  FORMAT,  STATES:  "LEAVING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02110-01-1

 S. 300                              2
 
 CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN AN INSTALLED MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM
 MAY  LEAD  TO  POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH, ESPECIALLY IN HOT TEMPERATURES.
 MOTOR VEHICLE CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM WARNING DEVICES MAY PREVENT LEAVING
 A CHILD UNATTENDED IN A CAR WHEN PROPERLY INSTALLED."
   3.  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT SELLS OR OFFERS TO SELL A NEW
 MOTOR VEHICLE  CHILD  RESTRAINT  SYSTEM  TO  A  CONSUMER  AT  RETAIL  IN
 VIOLATION  OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL
 PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-iii, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8604

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S300A

SPONSOR: THOMAS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of new
motor vehicle child restraint systems

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

A bill to require retailers to post a warning and provide car seat alarm
devices to be sold alongside car seats in New York State.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends the General Business Law by adding

Section 399-iii to require that all retailers who sell car seats in New
York State also sell car seat alarm devices and provide a warning post-
ing.

Section 2 provides that the statute shall take effect in ninety days.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New Yorkers were aghast by the recent tragedy of a father in the Bronx
who exited his motor vehicle while forgetting that his twin one-year old
children were harnessed into car seats in the back seat, left to die
alone in his overheated vehicle. The horror was profound, especially
considering that memory is fallible and such accidents are preventable.
According to www.kidsandcars.org, fifty-three children died from being
left in hot cars in 2018, and to date, in 2019, twenty-six children have
died in hot cars.

The technology exists to help prevent such avoidable deaths, and we
should take steps to ensure that such technology is available with the
sale of all car seats sold in New York State. For example, Evenflo
Advanced SensorSafe Embrace DLX or Cybex Sirona M Sensorsafe are two car
seats currently manufactured and sold with sensor technology. Other car
seat warning devices are available to be added to existing car seats.
The proposed bill would also require retailers to post a warning for
consumers to educate and increase awareness. It is the goal of this bill
that utilizing such technology can help save lives.

We must take steps to protect these young children from unfortunate
mistakes, and require that all car seats sold in the state of New York
be sold alongside with car seat alarm devices and a warning posting.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S.8604 (Thomas) - Referred to Rules Committee/A.8582 (Paulin)

Referred to Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None noted to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  300--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of new
   motor vehicle child restraint systems
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-iii to read as follows:
   § 399-III. CHILD RESTRAINT ALARM.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "CHILD  RESTRAINT SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN ANY DEVICE, USED IN CONJUNC-
 TION WITH SAFETY BELTS, DESIGNED FOR USE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE TO RESTRAIN,
 SEAT, OR POSITION CHILDREN AND WHICH MEETS THE APPLICABLE FEDERAL  MOTOR
 VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS SET FORTH IN 49 C.F.R.  571.213.
   (B) "CHILD RESTRAINT ALARM" SHALL MEAN ANY DEVICE THAT ATTACHES TO THE
 CHILD  RESTRAINT  SYSTEM OR CONJOINED SAFETY BELT THAT ALERTS THE DRIVER
 WHEN HE OR SHE HAS EXITED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT UNBUCKLING THE CHILD  FROM
 THE  CHILD  RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THIS ALARM MAY CONNECT WITH A SMART DEVICE
 AND SEND EITHER TEXT ALERTS, E-MAILS OR SOUND AN AUDIBLE ALARM.
   2. A PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY  COMPA-
 NY,  CORPORATION,  OR  OTHER  ENTITY  MAY  SELL OR OFFER TO SELL A CHILD
 RESTRAINT SYSTEM IF THE RETAILER:
   (A) MAINTAINS IN STOCK AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAYS WITHIN THE STORE,  THE
 CHILD  RESTRAINT  ALARMS  FOR  SALE  THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SUCH CHILD
 RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; AND
   (B) POSTS A NOTICE, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION WHICH MAY BE EASILY SEEN
 OR REACHED BY CUSTOMERS, IN A LEGIBLE FORMAT, WHICH STATES: "HEAT STROKE
 IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF NON-CAR CRASH VEHICULAR DEATH IN CHILDREN  UNDER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02110-05-1

 S. 300--A                           2
 
 THE  AGE  OF 15. CHILD RESTRAINT ALARMS, WHEN USED PROPERLY, MAY HELP TO
 PREVENT VEHICULAR DEATH OF CHILDREN."
   3.  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY, CORPORATION, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT SELLS OR OFFERS TO  SELL  NEW
 CHILD  RESTRAINT  SYSTEMS  TO  A  CONSUMER AT RETAIL IN VIOLATION OF THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL  PENALTY  NOT  TO
 EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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Senate Bill S300

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A381 - Passed Senate

May 23, 2022 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 23, 2022

May 16, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 16, 2022

Bill Amendments

2021-S300 - Details

2021-S300 - Summary

2021-S300 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S300 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A381 - Passed Senate

Bill Amendments

2021-S300 - Details

2021-S300 - Summary

2021-S300 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S300 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S300A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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