New York A 6400: Relates to penalties for failure to yield to authorized emergency vehicles

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A06400 Summary:

BILL NOA06400 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06614

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1144, V & T L

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Relates to penalties for failure to yield to authorized emergency vehicles; includes fines and possible imprisonment.

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BILL NOA06400 

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03/04/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6400

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to penalties
 for failure to yield to authorized emergency vehicles

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1144 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be
 4 guilty of a misdemeanor, and for a first conviction thereof shall be
 5 punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by impri-
 6 sonment for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprison-
 7 ment; for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were commit-
 8 ted within a period of ten years, a person shall be punishable by a fine
 9 of not more than six hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more
 10 than ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a
 11 conviction of a third or subsequent violation, all of which were commit-
 12 ted within a period of ten years, a person shall be punishable by a fine
 13 of not more than nine hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more
 14 than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10018-01-5

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