New York S 1665: Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian

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S01665 Summary:

BILL NOS01665 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01831

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRADDABBO, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, HINCHEY, MARTINEZ, PALUMBO, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, WEBB

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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.

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BILL NOS01665 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.781

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/13/2025PASSED SENATE

05/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/13/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.935

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/12/2026PASSED SENATE

05/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1665

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, COONEY, HINCHEY, MARTINEZ, PALUMBO, SALA-
 ZAR, SEPULVEDA -- 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 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
 23 considering the actual and potential hazards then existing, doing so is
 24 reasonable and prudent under the conditions.

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

 S. 1665 2

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