New York S 7856: Relates to components of instruction for accident prevention courses

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S07856 Summary:

BILL NOS07856 

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Amd §2336, Ins L

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Requires that accident prevention courses include components of instruction in portable electronic device awareness and cannabis use awareness.

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05/09/2025REFERRED TO INSURANCE

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1452

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

04/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7856

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to components of instruc-
 tion for accident prevention courses

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subsection (a) of section 2336 of the insur-
 2 ance law, as amended by section 3 of chapter 4 of the laws of 2021, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) Any schedule of rates or rating plan for motor vehicle liability
 5 and collision insurance submitted to the superintendent shall provide
 6 for an actuarially appropriate reduction in premium charges for any
 7 insured for a three year period after successfully completing a motor
 8 vehicle accident prevention course, known as the national safety coun-
 9 cil's defensive driving course, or any driver improvement course
 10 approved by the department of motor vehicles as being equivalent to the
 11 national safety council's defensive driving course, provided that,
 12 except as provided in article twelve-C of the vehicle and traffic law,
 13 there shall be no reduction in premiums for a self-instruction defensive
 14 driving course or a course that does not provide for actual classroom
 15 instruction for a minimum number of hours as determined by the depart-
 16 ment of motor vehicles. Such reduction in premium charges shall be
 17 subsequently modified to the extent appropriate, based upon analysis of
 18 loss experience statistics and other relevant factors. All such accident
 19 prevention courses shall be monitored by the department of motor vehi-
 20 cles and shall include components of instruction in "Portable Electronic
 21 Device" awareness, "Cannabis Use" awareness, "Road Rage" awareness and
 22 [in] "Work Zone Safety" awareness as defined by the commissioner of
 23 motor vehicles. The provisions of this section shall not apply to
 24 attendance at a program pursuant to article twenty-one of the vehicle
 25 and traffic law as a result of any traffic infraction.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11986-01-5

 S. 7856 2

 1 § 2. Paragraph 1 of subsection (a) of section 2336 of the insurance
 2 law, as amended by section 4 of chapter 4 of the laws of 2021, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) Any schedule of rates or rating plan for motor vehicle liability
 5 and collision insurance submitted to the superintendent shall provide
 6 for an actuarially appropriate reduction in premium charges for any
 7 insured for a three year period after successfully completing a motor
 8 vehicle accident prevention course, known as the national safety coun-
 9 cil's defensive driving course, or any driver improvement course
 10 approved by the department of motor vehicles as being equivalent to the
 11 national safety council's defensive driving course, provided that in
 12 either event there shall be no reduction in premiums for a self-instruc-
 13 tion defensive driving course or a course that does not provide for
 14 actual classroom instruction for a minimum number of hours as determined
 15 by the department of motor vehicles. Such reduction in premium charges
 16 shall be subsequently modified to the extent appropriate, based upon
 17 analysis of loss experience stat