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S00053 Summary:

BILL NOS00053 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01232

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, FAHY, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MAYER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR,
 SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1192, V & T L

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Lowers the blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while intoxicated from .18 per centum to .12.

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BILL NOS00053 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 53

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. LIU, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,
 JACKSON, MAYER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- 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, in relation to lowering the
 blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated
 from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while
 intoxicated from .18 of one per centum to .12

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2, paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-a, subdivi-
 2 sion 5 and subdivision 6 of section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 3 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 2002, paragraph (a)
 4 of subdivision 2-a as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of 2009 and
 5 subdivisions 5 and 6 as amended by chapter 236 of the laws of 2003, are
 6 amended to read as follows:
 7 2. Driving while intoxicated; per se. No person shall operate a motor
 8 vehicle while such person has [.08] .05 of one per centum or more by
 9 weight of alcohol in the person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of
 10 such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva, made pursuant to the
 11 provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-four of this article.
 12 (a) Per se. No person shall operate a motor vehicle while such person
 13 has [.18] .12 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in such
 14 person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of such person's blood,
 15 breath, urine or saliva made pursuant to the provisions of section elev-
 16 en hundred ninety-four of this article.
 17 5. Commercial motor vehicles: per se - level I. Notwithstanding the
 18 provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-five of this article, no
 19 person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while such person has
 20 .04 of one per centum or more but not more than [.06] .05 of one per

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00478-01-5

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 1 centum by weight of alcohol in the person's blood as shown by chemical
 2 analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva, made pursuant
 3 to the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-four of this article;
 4 provided, however, nothing contained in this subdivision shall prohibit
 5 the imposition of a charge of a violation of subdivision one of this
 6 section, or of section eleven hundred ninety-two-a of this article where
 7 a person under the age of twenty-one operates a commercial motor vehicle
 8 where a chemical analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine, or
 9 saliva, made pursuant to the provisions of section eleven hundred nine-
 10 ty-four of this article, indicates that such operator has .02 of one per
 11 centum or more but less than .04 of one per centum by weight of alcohol
 12 in such operator's blood.
 13 6. Commercial motor vehicles; per se - level II. Notwithstanding the
 14 provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-five of this article, no
 15 person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle while such person has
 16 more than [.06] .05 of one per centum [but less than .08 of one per
 17 centum] by weight of alcohol in the person's blood as shown by chemical
 18 analysis of such person's blood, breath, urine or saliva, made pursuant
 1