NY State Senate Bill 2025-S3832

Senate Bill S3832

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Mandates the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state and requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules and regulations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Jan 30, 2025	referred to transportation

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2025-S3832 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2642
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S9528
2023-2024: S1952, A4057

2025-S3832 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules and regulations.

2025-S3832 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3832

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandating
the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state and
requiring the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules
and regulations

 
PURPOSE:

To mandate certain vehicle safety technology and limit blind spots in
vehicles.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends Title 3, Article 9, Section 375 ("Equipment") of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding subsection 55 to require any passenger
vehicle manufactured after 2024 in New York State to be equipped with
advanced safety technology.

Section two amends Title 3, Article 9, Section 375 ("Equipment") of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding subsection 56 requiring the commis-
sioner to issue regulations for vehicles over 3,000 pounds to limit
blind spots and establish standards regarding direct visibility of
pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users from the driver's
position, by reducing to the greatest possible extent the blind spots in
front and to the side of the driver.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Traffic violence in New York City skyrocketed in 2021 to levels not seen
in years. There were over 270 traffic-related deaths on city streets in
2021 the deadliest year of Mayor de Blasio's term.  Unfortunately, it
was not an outlier. There were also record deaths in 2020, with 243
confirmed traffic fatalities. The unfortunate trends we are witnessing
add up to a crisis. Each death is preventable. A multifaceted approach
to street safety is necessary to keep our pedestrians, cyclists, motor-
ists, and all road users safe.

Vehicle technology has advanced significantly in recent years, with
advanced safety features now available that have the potential to great-
ly reduce injuries and deaths on our roadways. We must use every tool
available to us to keep New York safe. Studies have shown that Intelli-
gent Speed Assistance (ISA) alone can reduce traffic fatalities by 20%.
This in addition with Advanced Emergency Braking (AEB), Emergency Lane
Keeping Systems (ELKS), drowsiness and distraction recognition technolo-
gy, and rear-view cameras would help.prevent crashes from occurring in
the first place.

This bill would mandate that new vehicles registered in this state and
manufactured on or after January 1, 2024, be equipped with this life
saving technology.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.1952 of 2023-2024 (Hoylman-Sigal): Died in Transportation

A.4057 of 2023-2024 (Cunningham): Died in Transportation

S.9528 of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Died in Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S3832 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3832
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ -- 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 mandating
   the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles  in  the  state  and
   requiring  the  commissioner  of  motor vehicles to promulgate certain
   rules and regulations
 
   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 two new subdivisions 58 and 59 to read as follows:
   58. (A) EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND  MANUFACTURED
 OR  ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN SHALL
 BE EQUIPPED WITH ADVANCED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.
   (B) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "ADVANCED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY" INCLUDES
 ACTIVE INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE (ISA),  ADVANCED  EMERGENCY  BRAKING
 (AEB),  EMERGENCY  LANE  KEEPING  SYSTEMS (ELKS), BLIND SPOT INFORMATION
 SYSTEMS (BSIS), DROWSINESS AND DISTRACTION RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, REAR-
 VIEW CAMERA SENSOR SYSTEMS, AND EVENT DATA RECORDERS (EDR).  BSIS  SHALL
 INCLUDE  CYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN DETECTION TECHNOLOGY.  EDR DEVICES SHALL
 PROVIDE STANDARDIZED AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE DATA. THE COMMISSIONER, AFTER
 A PUBLIC HEARING, SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS PROVIDING  SPECIFICATIONS
 FOR EACH TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
   59.  THE  COMMISSIONER, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES
 AND REGULATIONS FOR VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THIS STATE  AND  MANUFACTURED
 OR  ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, WITH
 A WEIGHT OF THREE THOUSAND POUNDS OR  MORE,  ESTABLISHING  STANDARDS  OF
 DIRECT  VISIBILITY  OF  PEDESTRIANS,  CYCLISTS AND OTHER VULNERABLE ROAD
 USERS FROM THE DRIVER'S POSITION, BY REDUCING TO THE  GREATEST  POSSIBLE
 EXTENT THE BLIND SPOTS IN FRONT AND TO THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02291-01-5

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