New York S 10237: Enacts the "who you gonna call? act"

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S10237 Summary:

BILL NOS10237 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11075

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§101, 114-b & 375, V & T L

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Enacts the "who you gonna call? act"; classifies vehicles of the office of chief medical examiner of the city of New York as an emergency vehicle; classifies any actual or potential scene where the New York city office of chief medical examiner has an official role as an emergency operation; authorizes vehicles of the office of chief medical examiner of the city of New York to affix vehicles with blue, red and white lights.

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BILL NOS10237 

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05/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10237

 IN SENATE

 May 7, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- 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 enacting the
 "who you gonna call? act"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "who you
 2 gonna call? act".
 3 § 2. Section 101 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter
 4 496 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle
 6 or bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency
 7 vehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle,
 8 human organ delivery vehicle, vehicle of the office of chief medical
 9 examiner of the city of New York, county emergency medical services
 10 vehicle, environmental emergency response vehicle, sanitation patrol
 11 vehicle, hazardous materials emergency vehicle and ordnance disposal
 12 vehicle of the armed forces of the United States.
 13 § 3. Section 114-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 14 ter 496 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 15 § 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an author-
 16 ized emergency vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in transporting a
 17 sick or injured person, transporting prisoners, delivering blood or
 18 blood products in a situation involving an imminent health risk, trans-
 19 porting human organs and/or medical personnel for the purpose of organ
 20 recovery or transplantation in a situation involving an imminent health
 21 risk where undue delay would jeopardize such recovery or transplanta-
 22 tion, investigating, transporting or removing deceased persons, support-
 23 ing mass-fatality or decedent-removal operations, pursuing an actual or
 24 suspected violator of the law, or responding to, or working or assisting
 25 at the scene of an accident, disaster, police call, alarm of fire, actu-
 26 al or potential release of hazardous materials, actual or potential
 27 scene where the New York city office of chief medical examiner has an

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15550-02-6

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 1 official role, or other emergency. Emergency operation shall not include
 2 returning from such service.
 3 § 4. Subparagraph b of paragraph 4 of subdivision 41 of section 375 of
 4 the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 143 of the laws of
 5 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 6 b. In addition to the red and white lights authorized to be displayed
 7 pursuant to paragraph two of this subdivision, one or more blue lights
 8 or combination blue and red lights or combination blue, red and white
 9 lights may be affixed to a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance,
 10 emergency ambulance service vehicle, vehicle of the office of chief
 11 medical examiner of the city of New York, and county emergency medical
 12 services vehicle provided that such blue light or lights shall be
 13 displayed on a police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, emergency ambu-
 14 lance service vehicle, vehicle of the office of chief medical examiner
 15 of the city of New Y