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A06831 Summary:

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Requires court-ordered blood alcohol content testing for all drivers involved in fatal and serious physical injury accidents where there is a reasonable cause to believe an alcohol-related offense has been committed; provides exception when seeking court order would unduly interfere with emergency medical assistance or other necessary services at incident scene.

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03/14/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6831

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the applica-
 tion for court orders for compulsory chemical tests to determine blood
 alcohol content

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of
 2 section 1194 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 47 of
 3 the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
 4 Upon refusal by any person to submit to a chemical test or any portion
 5 thereof as described above, [the test shall not be given unless] a
 6 police officer or a district attorney, as defined in subdivision thir-
 7 ty-two of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, [requests and
 8 obtains] shall request a court order to compel a person to submit to a
 9 chemical test to determine the alcoholic or drug content of the person's
 10 blood [upon a finding of] if such police officer or district attorney
 11 finds that there exists reasonable cause to believe that:
 12 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 1194 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 13 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
 14 (f) Exception. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of this
 15 subdivision, a police officer shall not be required to request a court
 16 order to compel submission to a chemical test where such request would
 17 impair the ability to address medical needs or other exigent circum-
 18 stances at the scene of an incident.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 20 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02418-01-5

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