Assembly Bill A6370

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires all police vehicles to be equipped with bulletproof or bullet resistant glass

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A6370 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L

2023-A6370 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all police vehicles to be equipped with bulletproof or bullet resistant glass on and after January 1, 2025; requires existing police cars to be retrofitted with bulletproof or bullet resistant glass.

2023-A6370 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6370
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to bulletproof
   glass on police vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 55 to read as follows:
   55. A. ON AND AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE,  ANY
 POLICE  VEHICLE PURCHASED BY THE STATE, A PUBLIC AUTHORITY, OR ANY MUNI-
 CIPALITY SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH BULLETPROOF OR BULLET RESISTANT GLASS.
   B. THE SUPERINTENDENT OR CHIEF OF POLICE, OR OTHER PERSON  RESPONSIBLE
 FOR THE SUPERVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A FLEET OF POLICE VEHICLES, SHALL
 CAUSE ANY POLICE VEHICLE THAT IS IN USE AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION  TO  BE  RETROFITTED  WITH  BULLETPROOF  OR BULLET RESISTANT
 GLASS. SUCH PERSON MAY CAUSE SUCH GLASS REPLACEMENT TO BE PERFORMED ON A
 STAGGERED BASIS SO THAT ALL POLICE VEHICLES ARE NOT OUT  OF  SERVICE  AT
 THE SAME TIME.
   C.  THE  COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES,  SHALL  PROMULGATE
 RULES AND REGULATIONS DETERMINING THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT MUST BE MET TO
 CONSIDER ANY GLASS AS "BULLETPROOF" OR "BULLET RESISTANT".
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10598-01-3

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