New York S 3240: Relates to the definition of "protected consumer"

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S03240 Summary:

BILL NOS03240A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00348-A

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1225-c, V & T L

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Prohibits drivers of school buses that are carrying students from using hands-free mobile telephones; provides for certain exceptions.

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BILL NOS03240A

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1070

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/15/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

01/15/2026PRINT NUMBER 3240A

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.247

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3240--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
 recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with
 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 drivers of
 school buses that are carrying students using hands-free mobile tele-
 phones

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
 3 (e) No driver of a school bus as defined in section one hundred
 4 forty-two of this chapter shall use a hands-free mobile telephone while
 5 operating a school bus that is carrying students except in the case of
 6 an emergency pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this
 7 section or if the school bus is parked, for purposes other than dropping
 8 off or picking up students, at the side of, or off, a public highway in
 9 a location where such vehicle is not otherwise prohibited from stopping
 10 by law, rule, regulation or any lawful order or direction of a police
 11 officer. This paragraph shall not apply to the lawful use of devices
 12 designated for communication between a driver and the dispatch or school
 13 district, such as two-way radios or any other device exempted by the
 14 commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner. The
 15 commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner, shall
 16 be authorized to reevaluate such exempted devices as new technologies
 17 emerge.
 18 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 19 as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
 20 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00791-03-5

 S. 3240--A 2

 1 3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a
 2 mobile telephone for the sole purpose of communicating with any of the
 3 following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera-
 4 tor; a hospital, physician's office or health clinic; an ambulance
 5 company or corps; a fire department, district or company; or a police
 6 department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of
 7 their official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of a
 8 fire department, district or company; or the operator of an authorized
 9 emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter,
 10 or (c) the use of a hands-free mobile telephone, except in the case of a
 11 driver operating a school bus pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision
 12 two of this section.
 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 14 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the state education
 15 department and the department of motor vehicles are authorized to
 16 promulgate, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation necessary for the
 17 implementation of this act on or b