New York A 620: Relates to drugged driving

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A00620 Summary:

BILL NOA00620 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§114-a & 1193, V & T L

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Relates to driving while ability is impaired by drugs.

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BILL NOA00620 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 620

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to drugged
 driving

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

 1 Section 1. Section 114-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 2 chapter 92 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 114-a. Drug. The term "drug" when used in this chapter, means [and
 4 includes any substance listed in section thirty-three hundred six of the
 5 public health law and] cannabis and concentrated cannabis as defined in
 6 section 222.00 of the penal law and any drug or impairing substance.
 7 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 1193 of the vehicle and
 8 traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 8 to read as
 9 follows:
 10 (8) Suspension pending prosecution; drug impairment. Except as
 11 provided in clause a-1 of subparagraph seven of this paragraph, a court
 12 shall suspend a driver's license, pending prosecution, of any person
 13 charged with a violation of subdivision four or four-a of section eleven
 14 hundred ninety-two of this article who, at the time of arrest, is
 15 alleged to have been ability impaired by drugs.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02424-01-5

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