Senate Bill S7095

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in handicapped parking spaces

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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-S7095 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1203-b, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3700
2021-2022: S6175
2023-2024: S4771

2025-S7095 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in handicapped parking spaces.

2025-S7095 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7095 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7095
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LANZA, MATTERA -- 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  allowing
   vehicles  bearing  Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in
   handicapped parking spaces

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1203-b of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  PARKING SPACES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTIONS ONE
 THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THREE-A AND ONE THOUSAND  TWO  HUNDRED  THREE-C  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER  SHALL ALSO BE EXTENDED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE BEARING A DISA-
 BLED VETERAN PLATE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 FOUR-A OR A PURPLE HEART PLATE PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR  HUNDRED  FOUR-E
 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11337-01-5

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