NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4057

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 28, 2024	print number 4057a
May 28, 2024	amend and recommit to finance
Apr 15, 2024	reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2024	referred to insurance
Feb 13, 2023	reported and committed to finance
Feb 02, 2023	referred to insurance

Votes

- Apr 15, 2024 - Insurance Committee Vote
  S4057
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Insurance Committee Vote: Apr 15, 2024
      
      aye (8)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Breslin
      
      Cooney
      
      Harckham
      
      Kennedy
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      nay (1)
      
      O'Mara
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Helming
      
      Martinez
  Feb 13, 2023 - Insurance Committee Vote
  S4057
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Insurance Committee Vote: Feb 13, 2023
      
      aye (8)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Cooney
      
      Harckham
      
      Kennedy
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Helming
      
      Martinez
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

co-Sponsors

2023-S4057 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Insurance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2346, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S7917

2023-S4057 - Summary

Requires the department of financial services to fulfill certain requirements to implement homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses.

2023-S4057 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4057

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

  Section  one  amends  Title 3, Article 9, Section 375 ("Equipment") of
the Vehicle and Traffic Law by  adding  subsection  55  to  require  any
passenger  vehicle  manufactured  after  2024  in  New  York State to be
equipped with advanced safety technology.

  Section two amends Title 3, Article 9, Section  375  ("Equipment")  of
the  Vehicle  and  Traffic  Law  by  adding  subsection 56 requiring the
commissioner to issue regulations for  vehicles  over  3,000  pounds  to
limit blind spots and establish standards regarding direct visibility of
pedestrians,  cyclists and other vulnerable road users from the driver's
position, by reducing to the greatest possible extent the blind spots in
front and to the side of the driver.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Traffic violence in New York City skyrocketed in 2021 to levels not seen
in years. There were over 270 traffic-related deaths on city streets  in
2021  the  deadliest  year of Mayor de Blasio's term.  Unfortunately, it

was not an outlier. There were also record  deaths  in  2020,  with  243
confirmed  traffic  fatalities. The unfortunate trends we are witnessing
add up to a crisis. Each death is preventable. A  multifaceted  approach
to  street safety is necessary to keep our pedestrians, cyclists, motor-
ists, and all road users safe.

Vehicle technology has advanced  significantly  in  recent  years,  with
advanced safety features now available that have the potential to great-
ly  reduce  injuries  and deaths on our roadways. We must use every tool
available to us to keep New York safe. Studies have shown that  Intelli-
gent  Speed Assistance (ISA) alone can reduce traffic fatalities by 20W.
This in addition with Advanced Emergency Braking
  (AEB),  Emergency  Lane  Keeping  Systems   (ELKS),   drowsiness   and
distraction  recognition  technology,  and  rear-view cameras would help
prevent crashes from occurring in the first place.

This bill would mandate that new vehicles registered in this  state  and
manufactured  on  or  after  January 1, 2024, be equipped with this life
saving technology.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.9528 of 2021-2022 (Hoylman):

Died in Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4057 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4057
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law,  in  relation  to  homeowner  natural
   disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of paragraph (a) and paragraph (d) of
 subsection 5 of section 2346 of the insurance law, as added by section 2
 of part BB of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,  are  amended  and  a  new
 paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (3)  "Homeowner  natural  disaster  preparedness, home safety and loss
 prevention course" means a natural disaster  preparedness,  home  safety
 and loss prevention course that has been submitted to the superintendent
 for  [their  information and review] APPROVAL by an applicant, AND WHICH
 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  (D)  OF
 THIS  SUBSECTION.  Such course [may] SHALL provide useful information to
 participants on items including, but not limited to: courses  of  action
 that  can  be taken before, during and after the occurrence of a natural
 disaster, strategies to reduce  risk  exposure  to  insured  residential
 property  owners  and renters, and information about the installation of
 equipment, devices or other capital improvements to real property  which
 can  help  to eliminate or mitigate damage to real or personal property,
 personal injury or the loss of life caused  by  a  natural  disaster  or
 other insurable event or occurrence of a fire, theft, burglary, personal
 injury or property damage.
   (4)  "Applicant"  means  an  insurer,  or  any other person, agency or
 organization  which  submits  a  proposed  homeowner  natural   disaster
 preparedness,  home safety and loss prevention course to the superinten-
 dent for [their information and review] APPROVAL PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH
 (D)  OF  THIS SUBSECTION, and who or which is prepared and able to offer
 such course to insureds upon the approval thereof.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02101-01-3

 S. 4057                             2
 
   (d) The superintendent may establish, by rule or otherwise,  standards
 or  guidelines  to  be  used  by  the  superintendent when reviewing the
 proposed homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety  and  loss
 prevention  courses.  EVERY SUCH COURSE SUBMITTED BY AN APPLICANT TO THE
 SUPERINTENDENT  FOR  APPROVAL  MUST  BE REVIEWED AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 APPROVAL BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
   (E) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE HOMEOWN-
 ER NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, HOME SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION COURS-
 ES DESCRIBED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION. ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FOUR,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR STATE
 FUNDING IN ORDER  TO  EFFECTUATE  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBSECTION;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO EXPENDITURE SHALL BE MADE UNTIL THE SUPER-
 INTENDENT HAS APPROVED A PROGRAM AND FISCAL PLAN FOR  HOMEOWNER  NATURAL
 DISASTER  PREPAREDNESS,  HOME  SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION COURSES.  SUCH
 PLAN SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:  (1)  SPECIFIC
 CRITERIA  TO BE APPLIED IN EVALUATING THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL; AND (2)
 UNIFORM COURSE AND COST STANDARDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing  the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

co-Sponsors

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Insurance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2346, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S7917

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of financial services to fulfill certain requirements to implement homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses.

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4057A

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to homeowner natural
disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to require that every "homeowner natural
disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention course" submitted
to the Department of Financial Services be subject to review and
approval by the Department.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill would require that every "homeowner natural
disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention course" submitted
to the Department of Financial Services be subject to review and
approval by the Department, the Department shall issue a request for
proposal for the "homeowner natural disaster preparedness, home safety

and loss prevention courses," and on or before March 1, 2025, the
Department shall submit a request for state funding in order to effectu-
ate the such review and approval of the course.

Section 2 of this bill provides that the effective date shall take
effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Over the last decade more and more catastrophic weather events have
struck the Northeastern region of the United States. The purpose of this
bill is to encourage homeowners to take a natural disaster preparedness
course to help reduce the risk of property damage, personal injury, and
loss of life that can occur as the result of these increasingly
catastrophic weather events. In addition, by encouraging residential
property owners to take such a class, it is the Sponsor's hope to help
reduce the economic and personal injuries that occur due to these weath-
er events. This bill would position the state to be better prepared,
more resilient and able to provide relief and recovery assistance to
impacted communities quickly.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S.7917-A (Reichlin-Melnick) - Committed to Rules.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4057--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MANNION, CHU -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance  --  recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec.  8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the
   Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  insurance law, in relation to homeowner natural
   disaster preparedness, home safety and loss prevention courses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs 3 and 4 of paragraph (a) and paragraph (d) of
 subsection 5 of section 2346 of the insurance law, as added by section 2
 of  part  BB  of  chapter  54 of the laws of 2016, are amended and a new
 paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (3) "Homeowner natural disaster preparedness,  home  safety  and  loss
 prevention  course"  means  a natural disaster preparedness, home safety
 and loss prevention course that has been submitted to the superintendent
 for [their information and review] APPROVAL by an applicant,  AND  WHICH
 HAS  BEEN  APPROVED  BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF
 THIS SUBSECTION.  Such course [may] SHALL provide useful information  to
 participants  on  items including, but not limited to: courses of action
 that can be taken before, during and after the occurrence of  a  natural
 disaster,  strategies  to  reduce  risk  exposure to insured residential
 property owners and renters, and information about the  installation  of
 equipment,  devices or other capital improvements to real property which
 can help to eliminate or mitigate damage to real or  personal  property,
 personal  injury  or  the  loss  of life caused by a natural disaster or
 other insurable event or occurrence of a fire, theft, burglary, personal
 injury or property damage.
   (4) "Applicant" means an insurer,  or  any  other  person,  agency  or
 organization   which  submits  a  proposed  homeowner  natural  disaster
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02101-03-4

 S. 4057--A                          2
 
 preparedness, home safety and loss prevention course to the  superinten-
 dent  for  [their information and review] APPROVAL PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 (D) OF THIS SUBSECTION, and who or which is prepared and able  to  offer
 such course to insureds upon the approval thereof.
   (d)  The superintendent may establish, by rule or otherwise, standards
 or guidelines to be  used  by  the  superintendent  when  reviewing  the
 proposed  homeowner  natural disaster preparedness, home safety and loss
 prevention courses.  EVERY SUCH COURSE SUBMITTED BY AN APPLICANT TO  THE
 SUPERINTENDENT  FOR  APPROVAL  MUST  BE REVIEWED AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 APPROVAL BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
   (E) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE HOMEOWN-
 ER NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, HOME SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION COURS-
 ES DESCRIBED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION. ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR STATE
 FUNDING IN ORDER  TO  EFFECTUATE  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBSECTION;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO EXPENDITURE SHALL BE MADE UNTIL THE SUPER-
 INTENDENT HAS APPROVED A PROGRAM AND FISCAL PLAN FOR  HOMEOWNER  NATURAL
 DISASTER  PREPAREDNESS,  HOME  SAFETY AND LOSS PREVENTION COURSES.  SUCH
 PLAN SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:  (1)  SPECIFIC
 CRITERIA  TO BE APPLIED IN EVALUATING THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL; AND (2)
 UNIFORM COURSE AND COST STANDARDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S4057

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Apr 15, 2024 - Insurance Committee Vote

Insurance Committee Vote: Apr 15, 2024

Feb 13, 2023 - Insurance Committee Vote

Insurance Committee Vote: Feb 13, 2023

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2023-S4057 - Details

2023-S4057 - Summary

2023-S4057 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4057 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

John W. Mannion

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Iwen Chu

2023-S4057 - Details

2023-S4057 - Summary

2023-S4057 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4057 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Iwen Chu

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4057A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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