New York A 845: Provides for establishment of school speed limits by county legislative body

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A00845 Summary:

BILL NOA00845 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBlankenbush

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COSPNSRBrabenec, DeStefano, McDonough, Miller, Smullen, Tague

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1620, V & T L

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Provides for the establishment of school speed limits of not less than fifteen miles per hour by the legislative body of any county or, if so delegated, by the legislative body of any locality within said county on a portion of a state highway passing a school building.

Go to top A00845 Actions:

BILL NOA00845 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

05/20/2026held for consideration in transportation

Go to topA00845 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION Chair:Magnarelli 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:17/7 Action: Held for Consideration MagnarelliAyeMillerNay

LupardoAyeMcDonoughExcused

SimonAyeDeStefanoNay

WilliamsAyeDursoNay

McMahonAyeGiglioNay

GallagherAyeSlaterNay

MitaynesAyeBendettNay

De Los SantosAyeChludzinskiNay

CunninghamAye

AlvarezAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

EachusAye

BurroughsAye

WrightExcused

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

HooksAye

Go to topA00845 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00845 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 845

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, McDONOUGH,
 MILLER, SMULLEN, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to school speed
 limits

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1620 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 563 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (a) The department of transportation with respect to state highways
 5 maintained by the state outside of cities having a population in excess
 6 of one million, and highways on Indian reservations, may by order, rule
 7 or regulation establish higher or lower maximum speed limits at which
 8 vehicles may proceed on or along such highways than the fifty-five miles
 9 per hour statutory maximum speed limit. No such maximum speed limit
 10 shall be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour, except
 11 that school speed limits may be established at not less than fifteen
 12 miles per hour by the department of transportation or by the legislative
 13 body of any county or, if so delegated by such county legislative body,
 14 by the legislative body of any municipality or school district located
 15 within said county, for a distance not to exceed one thousand three
 16 hundred twenty feet, on a highway passing a school building, entrance or
 17 exit of a school abutting on the highway. Absence of signs installed
 18 pursuant to this section shall be presumptive evidence that the depart-
 19 ment of transportation has not established a higher maximum speed limit
 20 than the fifty-five miles per hour statutory limit.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 22 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03292-01-5

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