New York S 4946: Relates to establishing a "yellow alert system" for law enforcement to publicize vehicle information in instances of hit-and-run accidents

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S04946 Summary:

BILL NOS04946 

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Establishes a "yellow alert system" for law enforcement to publicize vehicle information in instances of hit-and-run accidents in which a person has been killed.

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BILL NOS04946 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4946

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the creation of a
 "yellow alert system"

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

 1 Section 1. Section 221 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 3 4. When any police officer, peace officer or police agency in the
 4 state shall receive a report of a violation of subdivision two of
 5 section six hundred of the vehicle and traffic law resulting in the
 6 death of a person, and there is a description of the vehicle or vehicles
 7 involved or of the operator or operators of such vehicle or vehicles
 8 involved in the violation of such subdivision, such police officer,
 9 peace officer or police agency shall, as appropriate, cause information
 10 concerning any such vehicle or vehicles and the person or persons
 11 suspected of operating such vehicle or vehicles to be promptly
 12 dispatched over the police communication system within the geographic
 13 area requested by the law enforcement agency and may be broadcast to the
 14 public. Police agencies not connected with the basic system may trans-
 15 mit such information to the nearest or most convenient electronic entry
 16 point, from which point it shall be promptly dispatched, in conformity
 17 with the orders, rules or regulations governing the system. No dispatch
 18 or transmission of a report concerning any such vehicle or operator
 19 shall be required by this subdivision if the investigating police
 20 department advises, in its discretion, that the release of such informa-
 21 tion may jeopardize the investigation or the safety of a victim, or
 22 requests a reasonable forbearance for any reason.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 24 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06017-01-5

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