Assembly Bill A2716

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Mandates the use of intelligent speed assistance systems in certain motor vehicles registered in the state

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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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2025-A2716 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10712

2025-A2716 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates the use of intelligent speed assistance systems in certain motor vehicles registered in the state which were manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 2030.

2025-A2716 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2716
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  R. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  mandating
   the  use of intelligent speed assistance systems in certain registered
   motor vehicles in the state

   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. (A) AS USED IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM  "INTELLIGENT  SPEED
 ASSISTANCE  SYSTEM"  SHALL MEAN AN INTEGRATED VEHICLE SYSTEM THAT DETER-
 MINES THE SPEED LIMIT OF THE ROADWAY THAT THE VEHICLE  IS  TRAVELING  ON
 AND, WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGINS MOVING IN EXCESS OF TEN MILES PER HOUR OVER
 SUCH SPEED LIMIT, ALERTS THE DRIVER IN A MANNER WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO, A BRIEF, ONE-TIME VISUAL AND AUDIO SIGNAL.
   (B)  EVERY  MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND MANUFACTURED OR
 ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTY  SHALL  BE
 EQUIPPED WITH AN INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO:
   (I)  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE WITH A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING GREATER THAN
 EIGHTY-FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS WHICH A FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD
 OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER EXISTS REQUIRING EITHER THE PASSIVE  OR  ACTIVE
 CONTROL OF SPEED;
   (II) A MOTORCYCLE;
   (III) A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST;
   (IV)  A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH EITHER A GLOBAL POSI-
 TIONING SYSTEM OR A FRONT-FACING CAMERA; OR
   (V) AN AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
   (C) IF AN INTELLIGENT SPEED  ASSISTANCE  SYSTEM  RECEIVES  CONFLICTING
 SPEED  LIMITS  FOR  THE  SAME  AREA, THE SYSTEM SHALL UTILIZE THE HIGHER
 SPEED LIMIT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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