New York S 2114: Relates to the establishment of the New York state promise program; appropriation

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S02114 Summary:

BILL NOS02114 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10563

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §502, V & T L; add Art 126 §§126.00 - 126.20, Pen L

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Enacts the vehicular violence accountability act defining vehicular violence and establishing related offenses.

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BILL NOS02114 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2114

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
 portation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the penal law, in
 relation to enacting the "vehicular violence accountability act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "vehicular violence accountability act".
 3 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraphs (b) and (d) of
 4 subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, subpara-
 5 graph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 as amended
 6 by chapter 379 of the laws of 2022, and paragraph (d) as amended by
 7 chapter 477 of the laws of 2024, are amended and a new paragraph (c-6)
 8 is added to read as follows:
 9 (i) Upon submission of an application for a driver's license, the
 10 applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
 11 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the
 12 laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
 13 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", "Work Zone Safety"
 14 awareness, "Motorcycle Safety" awareness and "Pedestrian and Bicyclist
 15 Safety" awareness as defined by the commissioner, "School Bus Safety"
 16 awareness, the laws relating to vehicular violence, the law relating to
 17 exercising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or stand-
 18 ing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section
 19 eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and
 20 comprehend traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the
 21 commissioner may prescribe, and to satisfactorily complete a course
 22 prescribed by the commissioner of not less than four hours and not more
 23 than five hours, consisting of classroom driver training and highway
 24 safety instruction or the equivalent thereof. Such test shall include at

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03537-01-5

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 1 least seven written questions concerning the effects of consumption of
 2 alcohol or drugs on the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle
 3 and the legal and financial consequences resulting from violations of
 4 section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the oper-
 5 ation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
 6 Such test shall include one or more written questions concerning the
 7 devastating effects of "Road Rage" on the ability of a person to operate
 8 a motor vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from
 9 assaulting, threatening or interfering with the lawful conduct of anoth-
 10 er person legally using the roadway. Such test shall include one or more
 11 questions concerning the potential dangers to persons and equipment
 12 resulting from the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone.
 13 Such test may include one or more questions concerning motorcycle safe-
 14 ty. Such test may include one or more questions concerning the law for
 15 exercising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or stand-
 16 ing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 17 chapter. Such test may include one or more questions concerning school
 18 bus safety.