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A01831 Summary:

BILL NOA01831 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01665

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SPONSORSteck

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COSPNSRBronson, Simon, Woerner, Epstein, Gallagher, Seawright, Clark, Forrest, Rajkumar, Otis, Glick,
 Levenberg, Gonzalez-Rojas, Raga, Shrestha, Simone, Rosenthal, Lunsford, Carroll R, Shimsky, Kelles,
 Tapia, Hevesi, Brown K, Paulin, McDonald, Romero, Valdez, Alvarez, Mitaynes, Kassay, Moreno,
 McMahon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1122-a, V & T L

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Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian outside the city of New York.

Go to top A01831 Actions:

BILL NOA01831 

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01/14/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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Go to topA01831 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1831

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STECK, BRONSON, SIMON, WOERNER, EPSTEIN, GALLAGH-
 ER, SEAWRIGHT, CLARK, MAMDANI, FORREST, RAJKUMAR, OTIS, GLICK, LEVEN-
 BERG, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, RAGA, SHRESTHA, SIMONE, ROSENTHAL, LUNSFORD,
 R. CARROLL, SHIMSKY, KELLES, TAPIA, HEVESI, K. BROWN, PAULIN -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operators of
 a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 chapter 413 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 1122-a. Overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian. [The] (a) For cities
 4 having a population of less than one million and towns and villages, the
 5 operator of a vehicle overtaking, from behind, a bicycle proceeding on
 6 the same side of a roadway shall pass to the left of such bicycle [at a
 7 safe distance until safely clear thereof] with due care.
 8 (i) For purposes of this section, such due care shall include, but not
 9 be limited to, moving from a lane or shoulder which contains or is imme-
 10 diately adjacent to the bicyclist to another lane until safely clear
 11 thereof, provided that such movement otherwise complies with the
 12 requirements of this chapter including, but not limited to, the
 13 provisions of sections eleven hundred ten and eleven hundred twenty-
 14 eight of this chapter.
 15 (ii) If moving from an immediately adjacent lane to another lane would
 16 not otherwise comply with the requirements of this chapter, the operator
 17 of such vehicle shall pass to the left of such bicycle at a distance of
 18 not less than three feet until safely clear thereof.
 19 (iii) If moving from an immediately adjacent lane to another lane or
 20 passing to the left of such bicycle at a distance of not less than three
 21 feet would not otherwise comply with the requirements of this chapter,
 22 the operator of such vehicle shall only pass such bicycle if, after

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03888-01-5

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 1 considering the actual and potential hazards then existing, doing so is
 2 reasonable and prudent under the conditions.
 3 (b) For cities having a population of less than one million and for
 4 towns and villages, the operator of a vehicle passing a pedestrian
 5 proceeding on the same side of a roadway shall pass to the left of such
 6 pedestrian by: (i) moving from a lane or shoulder which contains or is
 7 immediately adjacent to the pedestrian to another lane until safely
 8 clear thereof, provided that such movement otherwise complies with the
 9 requirements of this chapter including, but not limited to, the
 10 provisions of sections eleven hundred ten and eleven hundred twenty-
 11 eight of this chapter; or (ii) if moving from an immediately adjacent
 12 lane to another lane would not otherwise comply with the requirements of
 13 this chapter, the operator of such vehicle shall pass to the left of
 14 such pedestrian at a distance of not less than three feet until safely
 15 clear thereof; or (iii) if moving from an immediately adjacent lane to
 16 another lane or passi