Assembly Bill A1662

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to contact information on motor vehicle accident reports for commercial enterprises

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2025-A1662 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §605, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9272
2017-2018: A4951
2019-2020: A603
2021-2022: A1164
2023-2024: A3809

2025-A1662 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to motor vehicle accident reports; requires contact information including names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses where available, for all parties and telephone numbers and email addresses where available for all witnesses, for a commercial enterprise where a vehicle or bicycle involved in an accident is operated by an employee or independent contractor of such commercial enterprise.

2025-A1662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1662
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  contact
   information  for  commercial  enterprises  on  motor  vehicle accident
   reports
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (c) of section 605 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2024, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (c)  1. The report required by this section shall be made in such form
 and number as the commissioner may prescribe. Such report shall  include
 information  on  the  width and length of trucks, tractors, trailers and
 semitrailers, which are in excess of  ninety-five  inches  in  width  or
 thirty-four  feet  in  length  and which are involved in such accidents,
 whether such accident took place in a work area and whether it was being
 operated with an overweight or over dimension permit. Such report  shall
 distinctly indicate and include information as to whether the inflatable
 restraint system inflated and deployed. Such report shall include infor-
 mation  on  the  type or types of vehicles involved, including passenger
 motor vehicles, commercial  motor  vehicles,  motorcycles,  limited  use
 motorcycles,  off-highway  motorcycles, electric scooters, bicycles with
 electric assist, and/or bicycles.
   2. THE REPORT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE CONTACT  INFORMA-
 TION,  INCLUDING  NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND EMAIL ADDRESS, IF
 AVAILABLE, FOR A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE WHERE A  VEHICLE  OR  BICYCLE  IS
 OPERATED  BY  AN  EMPLOYEE  OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF SUCH COMMERCIAL
 ENTERPRISE. TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES, IF AVAILABLE, FOR ALL
 PARTIES AND WITNESSES SHALL BE INCLUDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  chapter  196  of  the laws of 2024, takes effect.  Effective

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04432-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.