New York A 8599: Authorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce the speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour

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A08599 Summary:

BILL NOA08599 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORNorber

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd V & T L, generally; amd 245.20, CP L; amd 11-1201 & 11-1205, En Con L; amd 49-a & 49-b, Nav L; amd 25.24,
Pks & Rec L; amd 120.04, 120.04-a, 125.13 & 125.14, Pen L

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Establishes an oral fluid task force to study and make recommendations on best practices for the testing of oral fluids to determine impairment due to drug intoxication while operating a motor vehicle in the state; replaces the word "saliva" with the term "oral fluid" and relates to the testing of oral fluids.

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BILL NOA08599 

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05/22/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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Go to topA08599 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8599

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to establish an oral fluid task force to study and make recommen-
 dations on best practices for the testing of oral fluid to determine
 impairment due to drug intoxication while operating a motor vehicle in
 the state of New York; and to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the
 criminal procedure law, the environmental conservation law, the navi-
 gation law, the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
 the penal law, in relation to the testing of oral fluids

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

 1 Section 1. Oral fluid task force. 1. (a) A task force is hereby estab-
 2 lished to study and make recommendations on best practices for the test-
 3 ing of oral fluid to determine impairment due to drug intoxication while
 4 operating a motor vehicle in the state of New York. For the purposes of
 5 this task force, "testing of oral fluid" or "oral fluid test" shall mean
 6 a standardized preliminary saliva analysis test validated by the
 7 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the detection of
 8 cannabis or other drugs. A field sobriety test shall be considered an
 9 oral fluid test if such test is administered in substantial compliance
 10 with the standards prescribed by the National Highway Traffic Safety
 11 Administration.
 12 (b) The task force shall study:
 13 (i) the frequency of traffic stops where impairment due to drug intox-
 14 ication is a central or contributing factor for the stop;
 15 (ii) current law enforcement methodologies to determine drug intoxica-
 16 tion, including but not limited to any devices that have the ability to
 17 determine the level of impairment and type of drug consumed;
 18 (iii) the feasibility of expanding drug recognition expert training
 19 for all law enforcement agencies and personnel involved in traffic
 20 enforcement in the state of New York; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13046-01-5

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 1 (iv) the feasibility of mandating drug recognition expert training for
 2 all law enforcement agencies and personnel involved in traffic enforce-
 3 ment in the state of New York.
 4 (c) No later than one year after the effective date of this section,
 5 the task force shall report its findings to the governor, the temporary
 6 president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker
 7 of the assembly, and the minority leader of the assembly.
 8 2. (a) The task force shall be comprised of the commissioner of the
 9 department of motor vehicles or their designee, the commissioner of the
 10 department of transportation or their designee, the commissioner of the
 11 department of health or their designee, the executive director of the
 12 office of cannabis management or their designee, the superintendent of
 13 the state police or their designee, the chairperson of the New York
 14 state STOP-DWI Foundation or their designee, and the commissioner of the
 15 division of criminal justice services or their designee.
 16 (b) One member of the task force shall serve as chairperson of the
 17 task for