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S 4649: Imposes fines for failure to exercise due care and move over when approaching parked, stopped or standing motor vehicles on the shoulder of a highway.
What S 4649 does, verified June 16, 2026
The bill aims to increase fines for drivers who fail to exercise due care and move over when approaching parked, stopped, or standing motor vehicles on the shoulder of a highway. The penalties for violating this rule will be as follows: - A first conviction will result in a fine of up to $275 or imprisonment for up to 15 days, or both. - A second conviction, both of which occurred within 18 months, will result in a fine of up to $450 or imprisonment for up to 45 days, or both. - A third or subsequent conviction, all of which occurred within 18 months, will result in a fine of up to $750 or imprisonment for up to 90 days, or both. The bill will take effect on January 1, 2026, and will apply to violations committed on or after that date.
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Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4649
- What is the current status of S 4649?
- As of June 16, 2026, S 4649 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION".
- Did S 4649 pass?
- Not yet. S 4649 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote S 4649, and where is it now?
- S 4649 was authored by Sen. Jeremy Cooney with 11 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | returned to senate |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | died in assembly |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | referred to codes |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 10, 2025 · 339 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4649 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 10, 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 increasing fines for failure to yield when approaching authorized emergency vehi- cles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 3 2003, is amended to read as follows: 4 (e) Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of section 5 eleven hundred forty-four of this chapter shall for a first conviction 6 thereof be punished by a fine of not more than [two hundred seventy-7five] four hundred twenty-five dollars or by imprisonment for not more 8 than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment. For a 9 conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within a 10 period of eighteen months, such person shall be punished by a fine of 11 not more than [four hundred fifty] six hundred seventy-five dollars or 12 by imprisonment for not more than forty-five days or by both such fine 13 and imprisonment. For a conviction of a third violation and all subse- 14 quent violations, all of which were committed within a period of eigh- 15 teen months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than 16 [seven hundred fifty] one thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars or by 17 imprisonment for not more than ninety days or by both such fine and 18 imprisonment. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06998-01-5
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