New York S 9530: Enacts the crash victims bill of rights

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S09530 Summary:

BILL NOS09530 

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRGIANARIS

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Add §607, amd §§606 & 227, V & T L; add §202-m, Lab L

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Enacts the "crash victims bill of rights"; requires accident reports to be delivered to victims of accidents or their next of kin; requires victim impact statements to be delivered at traffic infraction hearings by injured parties or their next of kin; requires employers to grant leave of absence to employees delivering a victim impact statement at a traffic infraction hearing; directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct a study and complete a report on certain automobile crash information.

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03/20/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9530

 IN SENATE

 March 20, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the labor law, in
 relation to enacting the crash victims bill of rights

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "crash victims bill of rights".
 3 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 4 607 to read as follows:
 5 § 607. Reports; injured or killed persons. 1. Any report of an acci-
 6 dent required under this article or under the rules and regulations of
 7 the commissioner, in which any person is killed or injured shall be
 8 provided, free of charge:
 9 (a) to all persons injured as a result of such accident;
 10 (b) to the next of kin of all persons killed or seriously injured as a
 11 result of such accident; and
 12 (c) to the parent or guardian of all persons under the age of eighteen
 13 injured as a result of such accident.
 14 2. Reports provided pursuant to this section shall be made available
 15 electronically.
 16 3. Reports provided pursuant to this section shall be provided within
 17 twenty-four hours of processing by the department.
 18 4. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are
 19 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
 20 § 3. Section 606 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter
 21 429 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 22 § 606. Processing of required reports. The commissioner, when process-
 23 ing reports of accidents filed pursuant to this article, and when
 24 distributing reports pursuant to section six hundred seven of this arti-
 25 cle, shall give priority to reports involving persons under the age of
 26 eighteen, serious physical injury (as defined in subdivision ten of
 27 section 10.00 of the penal law), or death.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02657-02-6

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 1 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 227 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 2 amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. a. Every hearing for the adjudication of a traffic infraction, as
 5 provided by this article, shall be held before a hearing officer
 6 appointed by the commissioner. The burden of proof shall be upon the
 7 people, and no charge may be established except by clear and convincing
 8 evidence. The commissioner may prescribe, by rule or regulation, the
 9 procedures for the conduct of such hearings.
 10 b. The commissioner shall prescribe, by rule or regulation, procedures
 11 for presentation of victim impact statements by individuals injured
 12 during the course of a traffic infraction, or in the case of a death
 13 resulting from such traffic infraction, from the deceased's next of kin,
 14 at hearings for the adjudication of a traffic infraction under this
 15 section.
 16 § 5. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-m to read as
 17 follows:
 18 § 202-m. Leave of absence for traffic hearings; impact stateme