Senate Bill S343

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the responsibilities of an ignition interlock monitor

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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-S343 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1193 & 1198, V & T L; amd §65.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5671
2021-2022: S6598
2023-2024: S775

2025-S343 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Describes the role of the ignition interlock monitor as well as requirements of people charged with violations that require the installation of an ignition interlock device to comply with court orders.

2025-S343 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    343
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, FERNANDEZ, MARTINEZ, MAYER -- 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  and  the  penal  law,  in
   relation to the ignition interlock program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares:
   1.  In  2009, New York adopted "Leandra's Law" to require, as a condi-
 tion of sentence, that all individuals convicted of the crime of driving
 while intoxicated install an ignition interlock device (IID) for a spec-
 ified time in any vehicle they own or operate.    Fifteen  years  later,
 despite  the  mandate,  only  three in ten offenders actually install an
 IID.
   2. In addition, although the  penalty  model  based  predominantly  on
 license  revocation  persists,  far too many offenders continue to drive
 even after losing their  license privilege, and a significant number  of
 them    continue to drive under the influence of alcohol.  The consensus
 among highway safety experts is that well over  fifty  percent,  and  as
 many as eighty percent, of revoked drivers continue to drive while unli-
 censed.
   3.  IIDs  are  designed  to  do  two things: (1) protect the public by
 preventing drunk driving events; and (2) alter driver behavior to reduce
 recidivism. Numerous studies have shown IIDs to be overwhelmingly effec-
 tive on both counts:
   (a) Public safety. Between December 1, 2006 and December 31, 2020, IID
 installation stopped 3.8 million drivers nationally from  attempting  to
 drive  while  legally  intoxicated  (.08+) and foiled an additional 25.4
 million drivers from attempting to drive after consuming enough  alcohol
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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