New York S 4649: Fines imposed for failure to move over

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S04649 Summary:

BILL NOS04649A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04016-A

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRASHBY, BASKIN, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, COMRIE, FAHY, HARCKHAM, HELMING, JACKSON, OBERACKER, RYAN C,
 SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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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.

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BILL NOS04649A

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02/10/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

03/27/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

03/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 4649A

05/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.1318

05/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/29/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4649--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, BASKIN, FAHY, HARCKHAM -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 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.
 LBD06998-05-5

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