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S 2260: Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to install notification of the thirty-foot requirement on every stop sign; ensures that the required distance established by the law will be posted on any stop sign to forewarn motorists upon approaching a stop sign.
What S 2260 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law to clarify the distance required to park when approaching a stop sign or flashing signal. It specifies that drivers should not park within thirty feet of such signs, unless a different distance is indicated by official signs or markings. The law requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to ensure that the required distance is conspicuously posted beneath stop signs on state highways. The changes will take effect one hundred eighty days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 2260
- What is the current status of S 2260?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 2260 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION".
- Did S 2260 pass?
- Not yet. S 2260 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 2260, and where is it now?
- S 2260 was authored by Sen. Jeremy Cooney. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 252 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2260 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to parking near a stop sign The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph c of paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 2 1202 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 679 of the 3 laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows: 4 c. Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop 5 or yield sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of the road- 6 way, unless a different distance is indicated by official signs, mark- 7 ings or parking meters. The commissioner shall ensure that notification 8 of the distance requirement established by this section is conspicuously 9 posted beneath any stop sign posted on a state highway; 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 11 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of 12 motor vehicles may begin the installation of any signs required as a 13 result of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03559-01-5
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