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Assembly Bill A8233A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts "Shawn's law"

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2023-A8233 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1181, V & T L; add §214-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A7931

2023-A8233 - Summary

Enacts "Shawn's law"; requires persons driving on a state expressway route, state interstate route, or state thruway route to pull over and seek assistance if their vehicle is unable to exceed thirty-five miles per hour; requires the division of state police to conduct an accident reconstruction and create a report in the case of certain accidents resulting in a fatality.

2023-A8233 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8233
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   persons  driving  a vehicle that is unable to exceed thirty-five miles
   per hour on state expressways and  thruways  to  pull  over  and  seek
   assistance

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1181 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 PERSON DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT IS UNABLE TO EXCEED A SPEED OF THIR-
 TY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR ON A STATE  EXPRESSWAY  ROUTE,  STATE  INTERSTATE
 ROUTE, OR STATE THRUWAY ROUTE, AS SPECIFIED AND DESCRIBED AS SUCH PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE-A OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, SHALL PULL
 OVER  TO A USABLE RIGHT-HAND SHOULDER, IF AVAILABLE, EXCEPT WHEN REDUCED
 SPEED IS NECESSARY FOR SAFE OPERATION OR IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAW PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, AND SEEK ASSISTANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13291-01-3

2023-A8233A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1181, V & T L; add §214-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A7931

2023-A8233A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Shawn's law"; requires persons driving on a state expressway route, state interstate route, or state thruway route to pull over and seek assistance if their vehicle is unable to exceed thirty-five miles per hour; requires the division of state police to conduct an accident reconstruction and create a report in the case of certain accidents resulting in a fatality.

2023-A8233A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8233--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Transporta-
   tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the  executive  law,  in
   relation to enacting "Shawn's law"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 "Shawn's law".
   §  2. Section 1181 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 PERSON DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT IS UNABLE TO EXCEED A SPEED OF THIR-
 TY-FIVE  MILES  PER  HOUR  ON A STATE EXPRESSWAY ROUTE AS DESIGNATED AND
 DESCRIBED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-C OF THE HIGHWAY  LAW,
 STATE  INTERSTATE  ROUTE AS DESIGNATED AND DESCRIBED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FORTY-A OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, OR  STATE  THRUWAY  ROUTE,  AS
 DESIGNATED  AND DESCRIBED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE-A
 OF THE HIGHWAY LAW, SHALL PULL OVER TO A USABLE RIGHT-HAND SHOULDER,  IF
 AVAILABLE,  EXCEPT WHEN REDUCED SPEED IS NECESSARY FOR SAFE OPERATION OR
 IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAW PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION,  AND
 SEEK ASSISTANCE.
   §  3.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 214-i to
 read as follows:
   § 214-I. ACCIDENT  RECONSTRUCTION  POLICY.  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION POLICY UNDER WHICH THE DIVISION OF
 STATE POLICE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION AND
 CREATE AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION REPORT IN THE CASE OF ANY MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLE  ACCIDENT THAT RESULTS IN A FATALITY OCCURRING ON A STATE EXPRESSWAY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13291-02-4

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