New York S 2144: Relates to prohibiting supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs

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S02144 Summary:

BILL NOS02144 

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Add §1192-b, V & T L

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Enacts Abbagail's law prohibiting supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and subjects them to criminal charges.

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BILL NOS02144 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2144

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 acting as a
 supervising driver while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Abbagail's
 2 Law".
 3 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 4 1192-b to read as follows:
 5 § 1192-b. Supervising a driver while under the influence of alcohol
 6 and/or drugs. 1. No person shall act as a supervising driver pursuant to
 7 section five hundred one or five hundred one-b of this chapter if such
 8 person would be in violation of subdivision one, two, three, four or
 9 four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article if such
 10 person were operating the vehicle.
 11 Supervising a driver while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
 12 shall be a class A misdemeanor.
 13 2. Aggravated supervising a driver while under the influence of alco-
 14 hol and/or drugs. No person shall act as a supervising driver pursuant
 15 to section five hundred one or five hundred one-b of this chapter if
 16 such person would be in violation of subdivision two-a of section eleven
 17 hundred ninety-two of this article if such person were operating the
 18 vehicle.
 19 Aggravated supervising a driver while under the influence of alcohol
 20 and/or drugs shall be a class E felony.
 21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 22 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04353-01-5

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