Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 13, 2024 |
print number 8734a |
May 13, 2024 |
amend (t) and recommit to transportation |
Mar 05, 2024 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S8734A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 30th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2023-S8734 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8929
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §375, V & T L
2023-S8734 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8734 SPONSOR: CLEARE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring rear occupant alert systems in certain vehicles PURPOSE: To require vehicles manufactured after July 1, 2026 and sold or offered for sale in New. York as a new vehicle to be registered in this state to be equipped with a rear occupant alert system. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law to add subdivision 55 making it unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to sell a new motor vehicle in New York after July 1, 2026 unless it is equipped with a rear occupant alert system. This section further authorizes the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations relative to rear occupant alert systems.
2023-S8734 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8734 I N S E N A T E March 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring rear occupant alert systems in certain 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. REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEMS. (A) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION TO SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE IN THIS STATE A NEW MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS TO BE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED OR ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER SUCH DATE, AND DESIGNED AS A TWO THOUSAND TWENTY- SEVEN OR LATER MODEL, UNLESS SUCH VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A REAR OCCU- PANT ALERT SYSTEM. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN TECHNOLOGY THAT DETECTS THE PRESENCE OF AN OCCUPANT SUCH AS A CHILD OR PET IN THE REAR SEAT OF A VEHICLE AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF AND WHICH ALERTS THE DRIVER OF SUCH PRES- ENCE. (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEMS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE APPROVAL OF THE SAME AS ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, RELATING THERETO. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO MOTOR- CYCLES, A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW, OR A COMBINATION OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14066-01-4
2023-S8734A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8929
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §375, V & T L
2023-S8734A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8734A SPONSOR: CLEARE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring rear occupant alert systems in certain vehicles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE: To require new passenger vehicles manufactured and sold or offered for sale in New York and registered in this state to be equipped with a reminder to check the rear seats for an occupant when the car is turned off. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law to add subdivision 58 making it unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to sell a new motor vehicle in New York one year or more after the date that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2023-S8734A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8734--A I N S E N A T E March 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring rear occupant alert systems in certain vehicles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof 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 58 to read as follows: 58. REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEMS. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION TO SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE IN THIS STATE A NEW PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHING LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND POUNDS GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT WHICH IS TO BE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND WHICH WAS MANUFACTURED OR ASSEMBLED ONE YEAR OR MORE AFTER THE DATE UPON WHICH THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION PROMULGATES FINAL REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEMS, AND DESIGNATED AS A VEHICLE FOR SUCH MODEL YEAR OR AS A NEWER MODEL YEAR VEHICLE, UNLESS SUCH VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEM. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "REAR OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEM" SHALL MEAN A SYSTEM TO ALERT THE OPERATOR TO CHECK REAR-DESIG- NATED SEATING POSITIONS AFTER THE VEHICLE ENGINE OR MOTOR IS DEACTIVATED BY THE OPERATOR, AND THE TERM "PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE" SHALL INCLUDE ONLY THOSE MOTOR VEHICLES CAPABLE OF BEING REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDI- VISION SIX OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH HAVE REAR SEATS. § 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris- diction to be invalid, or if any federal agency determines in writing that this act would render New York state ineligible for the receipt of federal funds, such judgment or written determination shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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