New York S 6382: Relates to requiring certain emergency response vehicles to be equipped with appropriate communication devices for deaf individuals

Status: REFERRED TO DISABILITIES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 6382

Sponsors: Christopher Ryan

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S06382 Summary:

BILL NOS06382 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03386

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §563, Exec L

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Requires police vehicles, fire vehicles, ambulances and emergency ambulance service vehicles to be equipped with appropriate communication devices to facilitate real-time communication with deaf individuals.

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03/12/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6382

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to equipping certain
 emergency response vehicles with appropriate communication devices for
 deaf individuals

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 563 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 563. Emergency response vehicles; communication devices. Every
 4 police vehicle, fire vehicle, ambulance, or emergency ambulance service
 5 vehicle, as such terms are defined in article one of the vehicle and
 6 traffic law, shall be equipped with appropriate communication devices to
 7 facilitate real-time communication with deaf individuals.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have become
 9 a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05045-01-5

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