New York S 3729: Amends the education law relating to school based health and mental health clinics in certain cities

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S03729 Summary:

BILL NOS03729 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §390-f, Gen Bus L; amd §1225-d, V & T L

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Requires portable electronic devices distributed after January 1, 2028 to automatically disable their texting and computer functions when the holder is operating a motor vehicle over 10 miles an hour; eliminates the exemption from provisions, relating to the use of portable electronic devices in motor vehicles, granted to commercial motor vehicles, police, firefighters and emergency vehicle operators.

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BILL NOS03729 

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3729

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
 manufacturers and distributors from providing certain portable elec-
 tronic devices for sale in this state; and to amend the vehicle and
 traffic law, in relation to eliminating the exemption granted to
 certain persons relating to the use of portable devices

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 390-f to read as follows:
 3 § 390-f. Distribution of portable electronic devices. 1. For the
 4 purposes of this section, "portable electronic device" shall mean any
 5 hand-held mobile telephone, as defined by subdivision one of section
 6 twelve hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, personal
 7 digital assistant (PDA), handheld device with mobile data access, laptop
 8 computer, pager, broadband personal communication device, two-way
 9 messaging device, electronic game, portable computing device, or any
 10 other electronic device which can be used to input, write, send,
 11 receive, or read text for present or future communication.
 12 2. On and after January first, two thousand twenty-eight, no manufac-
 13 turer or distributor shall provide for sale in this state any portable
 14 electronic device, unless the ability of such device to input, write,
 15 send, receive and read text, digital information and images when the
 16 holder of such device is operating a motor vehicle traveling at ten or
 17 more miles an hour.
 18 3. Any manufacturer or distributor which violates the provisions of
 19 subdivision two of this section, and any person who sells a portable
 20 electronic device provided in violation of such subdivision shall be
 21 subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each device.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07495-01-5

 S. 3729 2

 1 § 2. Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and
 2 traffic law, subdivision 1 as amended by section 6 and subdivision 4 as
 3 amended by section 10 of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, and
 4 subdivision 3 as added by chapter 403 of the laws of 2009, are amended
 5 to read as follows:
 6 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall oper-
 7 ate a motor vehicle while using any portable electronic device while
 8 such vehicle is in motion; provided, however, that no person shall oper-
 9 ate a commercial motor vehicle while using any portable electronic
 10 device on a public highway including while temporarily stationary
 11 because of traffic, a traffic control device, or other momentary delays.
 12 [Provided further, however, that a person shall not be deemed to be
 13 operating a commercial motor vehicle while using a portable electronic
 14 device on a public highway when such vehicle is stopped at the side of,
 15 or off, a public highway in a location where such vehicle is not other-
 16 wise prohibited from stopping by law, rule, regulation or any lawful
 17 order or direction of a police