Assembly Bill A2729

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wearable computer with a head-mounted display

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A2729 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1225-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A8360

2015-A2729 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wearable computer with a head-mounted display.

2015-A2729 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2729

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. KATZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO,
  SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
  the  operation of a motor vehicle while using a wearable computer with
  a head-mounted display

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of section 1225-d
of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 8  of  part  C  of
chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
  (a) "Portable electronic device" shall mean any hand-held mobile tele-
phone,  as  defined by subdivision one of section twelve hundred twenty-
five-c of this  article,  personal  digital  assistant  (PDA),  handheld
device  with  mobile  data  access,  laptop  computer,  pager, broadband
personal communication  device,  two-way  messaging  device,  electronic
game, or portable computing device, WEARABLE COMPUTER WITH A HEAD-MOUNT-
ED  DISPLAY,  or  any other electronic device when used to input, write,
send, receive, or read text for present or future communication.
  (b) "Using" shall mean holding a portable electronic device OR USING A
WEARABLE COMPUTER WITH HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY  while  viewing,  taking  or
transmitting  images,  playing  games, or, for the purpose of present or
future communication: performing a command or request to access a  world
wide  web  page, composing, sending, reading, viewing, accessing, brows-
ing, transmitting, saving or retrieving e-mail, text  messages,  instant
messages, or other electronic data.
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
  (E)  "WEARABLE  COMPUTER  WITH  A  HEAD-MOUNTED  DISPLAY" SHALL MEAN A
COMPUTING DEVICE WHICH IS WORN ON THE HEAD AND PROJECTS VISUAL  INFORMA-
TION INTO THE FIELD OF VISION OF THE WEARER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04420-01-5

              

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