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S 3687: Exempts a person from being considered in an accident when such person was involved in the accident only as a pedestrian.
What S 3687 does, verified January 12, 2026
The proposed law aims to amend the Insurance Law to provide additional protections for policyholders in certain situations. The changes would apply to property/casualty insurance contracts and include the following key points: * The named insured or the insurer would be reimbursed by or on behalf of a person responsible for an accident if the person is held liable. * If the named insured was involved in an accident while walking as a pedestrian, the policyholder would be protected. * The proposed law would take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO INSURANCE (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
| Jan. 29, 2025 | REFERRED TO INSURANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 29, 2025 · 219 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3687 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 property/casualty insurance contracts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause (iv) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 3 of 2 subsection (m) of section 3425 of the insurance law, as amended by chap- 3 ter 805 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: 4 (iv) the named insured or other operator of the motor vehicle insured 5 under the policy, or the insurer thereof, was reimbursed by or on behalf 6 of a person responsible for the accident or has a judgment against such 7 person; or 8 (v) the named insured was involved in the accident while such named 9 insured was a pedestrian as defined in section one hundred thirty of the 10 vehicle and traffic law. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05239-01-5
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