Enacts Abbagail's law prohibiting supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and subjects them to criminal charges.
Sponsor: Hawley (MS) / Multi-sponsor(s): Goodell, McLaughlin, Oaks
Law Section: Vehicle and Traffic Law / Law: Add S1192-b, V & T L
Sponsor: Hawley (MS) / Multi-sponsor(s): Goodell, McLaughlin, Oaks
Law Section: Vehicle and Traffic Law / Law: Add S1192-b, V & T L
A1195B-2011 Actions
- Apr 13, 2011: enacting clause stricken
- Mar 30, 2011: print number 1195b
- Mar 30, 2011: amend and recommit to transportation
- Feb 15, 2011: print number 1195a
- Feb 15, 2011: amend and recommit to transportation
- Jan 5, 2011: referred to transportation
A1195B-2011 Text
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
1195--B
2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N ASSEMBLY (PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOODELL, McLAUGHLIN, OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans portation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit ted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to acting as a supervising driver while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Abbagail's Law".
S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1192-b to read as follows:
S 1192-B. SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS. 1. NO PERSON SHALL ACT AS A SUPERVISING DRIVER PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OR FIVE HUNDRED ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER IF SUCH PERSON WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR OR FOUR-A OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE IF HE OR SHE WERE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS SHALL BE A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR. 2. AGGRAVATED SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCO HOL AND/OR DRUGS. NO PERSON SHALL ACT AS A SUPERVISING DRIVER PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OR FIVE HUNDRED ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER IF SUCH PERSON WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO-A OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE IF HE OR SHE WERE OPERATING THE VEHI CLE. AGGRAVATED SUPERVISING A DRIVER WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS SHALL BE A CLASS E FELONY.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01224-07-1

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