New York A 2642: Enacts the "facial recognition technology study act"

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A02642 Summary:

BILL NOA02642 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRRaga, Burdick, Simone, De Los Santos, Lunsford, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §375, V & T L

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Mandates the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules and regulations.

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BILL NOA02642 

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01/21/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2642

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, RAGA, BURDICK, SIMONE, DE LOS SANTOS,
 LUNSFORD, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans-
 portation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandating
 the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state and
 requiring the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain
 rules and regulations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding two new subdivisions 58 and 59 to read as follows:
 3 58. (a) Every motor vehicle registered in this state and manufactured
 4 or assembled on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven shall
 5 be equipped with advanced safety technology.
 6 (b) As used in this subdivision, "advanced safety technology" includes
 7 active Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA), Advanced Emergency Braking
 8 (AEB), Emergency Lane Keeping Systems (ELKS), Blind Spot Information
 9 Systems (BSIS), drowsiness and distraction recognition technology, rear-
 10 view camera sensor systems, and Event Data Recorders (EDR). BSIS shall
 11 include cyclist and pedestrian detection technology. EDR devices shall
 12 provide standardized and easily accessible data. The commissioner, after
 13 a public hearing, shall promulgate regulations providing specifications
 14 for each type of technology required by this subdivision.
 15 59. The commissioner, after a public hearing, shall promulgate rules
 16 and regulations for vehicles registered in this state and manufactured
 17 or assembled on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven, with
 18 a weight of three thousand pounds or more, establishing standards of
 19 direct visibility of pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road
 20 users from the driver's position, by reducing to the greatest possible
 21 extent the blind spots in front and to the side of the driver.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02291-01-5

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