New York S 2268: Relates to drivers of buses, taxis and livery vehicles using hands-free mobile telephones

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S02268 Summary:

BILL NOS02268 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01233

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRFAHY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1225-c, V & T L

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Prohibits drivers of a bus, taxi or livery from using hands-free mobile telephones; provides for certain exceptions.

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2268

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 drivers of
 buses, taxis and livery vehicles using hands-free mobile telephones

 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 bus, livery or taxi shall use a hands-free mobile
 4 telephone while operating a moving bus or motor vehicle except in the
 5 case of an emergency pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of
 6 this section or if such hands-free mobile telephone is used for dispatch
 7 or if the bus or motor vehicle is parked, for purposes other than drop-
 8 ping off or picking up passengers, at the side of, or off, a public
 9 highway in a location where such vehicle is not otherwise prohibited
 10 from stopping by law, rule, regulation or any lawful order or direction
 11 of a police officer.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 13 as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
 14 follows:
 15 3. Subdivision two of this section shall not apply to (a) the use of a
 16 mobile telephone for the sole purpose of communicating with any of the
 17 following regarding an emergency situation: an emergency response opera-
 18 tor; a hospital, physician's office or health clinic; an ambulance
 19 company or corps; a fire department, district or company; or a police
 20 department, (b) any of the following persons while in the performance of
 21 their official duties: a police officer or peace officer; a member of a
 22 fire department, district or company; or the operator of an authorized
 23 emergency vehicle as defined in section one hundred one of this chapter,
 24 or (c) the use of a hands-free mobile telephone, except in the case of a
 25 driver operating a bus, taxi or livery.
 26 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 27 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02750-01-5

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