New York A 4016: Fines imposed for failure to move over

Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 4016

Sponsors: William Magnarelli, Angelo Santabarbara, Anna Kelles, Deborah Glick, Demond Meeks, Donna Lupardo, Erik Dilan, Grace Lee, Harry B. Bronson, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Jo Anne Simon, John T. McDonald III, Karen McMahon, Karines Reyes, Larinda Hooks, Maritza Davila, Paula Kay, Phil Steck, Rebecca Seawright, Robert C. Carroll, Steven Otis, Steven Raga, Tommy Schiavoni, William Conrad

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A04016 Summary:

BILL NOA04016A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04649-A

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SPONSORMagnarelli

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COSPNSRSeawright, Kay, Gonzalez-Rojas, Glick, Lupardo, Reyes, Meeks, Dilan, Davila, McMahon, Conrad,
 McDonald, Santabarbara, Schiavoni, Otis, Steck, Carroll R, Dinowitz, Hooks, Raga, Simon, Kelles,
 Bronson, Lee

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1800, V & T L

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Imposes fines for failure to exercise due care and move over when approaching parked, stopped or standing motor vehicles on the shoulder of a highway.

Go to top A04016 Actions:

BILL NOA04016A

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01/30/2025referred to transportation

03/26/2025amend (t) and recommit to transportation

03/26/2025print number 4016a

04/02/2025reported referred to codes

05/20/2025reported referred to rules

01/07/2026referred to codes

Go to topA04016 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION Chair:Magnarelli 
DATE:04/02/2025AYE/NAY:25/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes MagnarelliAyeMillerAye

LupardoAyeMcDonoughExcused

SimonAyeDeStefanoAye

WilliamsAyeDursoAye

McMahonAyeGiglioAye

GallagherAyeSlaterAye

MitaynesAyeBendettAye

De Los SantosAyeChludzinskiAye

CunninghamAye

AlvarezAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

EachusAye

BurroughsAye

WrightAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

HooksAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:20/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAbsent

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezExcused

Go to topA04016 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04016 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4016--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, SEAWRIGHT, KAY, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 GLICK, LUPARDO, REYES, MEEKS, DILAN, DAVILA -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fines
 imposed for failure to exercise due care and move over when approach-
 ing parked, stopped or standing motor vehicles on the shoulder of a
 highway

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (j) to read as follows:
 3 (j) Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of section
 4 eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter shall for a first conviction
 5 thereof be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred seventy-five
 6 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days or by both
 7 such fine and imprisonment. For a conviction of a second violation, both
 8 of which were committed within a period of eighteen months, such person
 9 shall be punished by a fine of not more than four hundred fifty dollars
 10 or by imprisonment for not more than forty-five days or by both such
 11 fine and imprisonment. For a conviction of a third or subsequent
 12 violation, all of which were committed within a period of eighteen
 13 months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven
 14 hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days
 15 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall apply to
 17 violations committed on and after such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06998-04-5

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