Assembly Bill A4016

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Increases fines for failure to yield when approaching authorized emergency vehicles

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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-A4016 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1800, V & T L

2025-A4016 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases fines for failure to yield when approaching authorized emergency vehicles.

2025-A4016 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4016
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   fines for failure to yield when approaching authorized emergency vehi-
   cles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 1800 of the vehicle and  traffic
 law,  as  amended  by  section  1 of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of
 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   (e) Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of section
 eleven hundred forty-four of this chapter shall for a  first  conviction
 thereof  be  punished  by  a fine of not more than [two hundred seventy-
 five] FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE dollars or by imprisonment for  not  more
 than  fifteen  days  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.  For a
 conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within  a
 period  of  eighteen  months, such person shall be punished by a fine of
 not more than [four hundred fifty] SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE  dollars  or
 by  imprisonment  for not more than forty-five days or by both such fine
 and imprisonment. For a conviction of a third violation and  all  subse-
 quent  violations,  all of which were committed within a period of eigh-
 teen months, such person shall be punished by a fine of  not  more  than
 [seven hundred fifty] ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE dollars or by
 imprisonment  for  not  more  than  ninety days or by both such fine and
 imprisonment.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06998-01-5

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