New York S 682: Increases the penalties for stopping, standing, or parking in handicapped spaces without a handicapped permit

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S00682 Summary:

BILL NOS00682 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04160

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRADDABBO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1203-b & 1203-c, V & T L

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Increases the penalties for stopping, standing, or parking in handicapped spaces without a handicapped permit to not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for the first offense and three hundred to five hundred fifty dollars for the second offense occurring within a period of five years within the state.

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BILL NOS00682 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1066

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2025PASSED SENATE

05/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/20/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.933

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2026PASSED SENATE

05/19/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 682

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 increasing
 the penalties for stopping, standing, or parking in handicapped spaces
 without a handicapped permit

 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 1203-b of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 203 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 2. It shall be a violation for any person to stop, stand or park a
 5 vehicle in any area designated as a place for handicapped parking unless
 6 the vehicle bears a permit issued under section one thousand two hundred
 7 three-a or a registration issued under section four hundred four-a of
 8 this chapter and such vehicle is being used for the transportation of a
 9 severely disabled or handicapped person. The penalty for such a
 10 violation shall be a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor
 11 more than three hundred dollars for the first offense and three hundred
 12 to five hundred fifty dollars for the second offense under this section
 13 or section one thousand two hundred three-c of this article occurring
 14 within a period of five years within the state. This subdivision shall
 15 not apply to a violation of section twelve hundred three-c of this chap-
 16 ter.
 17 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 1203-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 18 as amended by chapter 424 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 19 follows:
 20 4. Except as otherwise provided by local law which imposes a larger
 21 maximum fine, any person who stops, stands or parks in spaces clearly
 22 marked for use by the handicapped either: (a) in accordance with this
 23 section; or (b) in the parking area of a shopping center or facility

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02793-01-5

 S. 682 2

 1 with at least one but less than five separate retail stores and at least
 2 twenty off street parking spaces provided for use by the shopping
 3 public, in accordance with the state fire prevention and building code,
 4 without a special vehicle identification parking permit, a special
 5 municipal parking permit or whose motor vehicle is not registered in
 6 accordance with section four hundred four-a of this chapter and being
 7 used for the transportation of a handicapped person; or with such permit
 8 or registration and such person is not the one to whom the permit or
 9 registration was issued or is not transporting the person issued the
 10 permit or registration; or any person who parks in a handicapped parking
 11 access aisle; shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred
 12 fifty dollars nor more than [seventy-five]