S 8896: Grants temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant persons; requires certification from a physician; provides that such permit terminates at the end of the pregnancy.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8896  IN SENATE January 13, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 granting temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant persons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1203-a-1 to read as follows: 3 § 1203-a-1. Temporary parking permits for pregnant persons. Notwith- 4 standing any provision of this chapter to the contrary, any municipality 5 may issue a temporary special vehicle identification parking permit to 6 any person who is pregnant, as certified by a physician. Such temporary 7 special vehicle identification parking permit shall be recognized state- 8 wide and shall terminate at the end of the pregnancy. 9 § 2. Section 1203-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 10 chapter 203 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: 11 § 1203-b. Parking spaces; handicapped. 1. Parking spaces for the hand- 12 icapped as provided for in sections one thousand two hundred three-a and 13 one thousand two hundred three-c of this [chapter] article shall also be 14 extended to a motor vehicle registered in accordance with section four 15 hundred four-a, or a temporary parking permit issued pursuant to section 16 one thousand two hundred three-a-one of this chapter. A handicapped 17 permit issued in accordance with the provisions of section one thousand 18 two hundred three-a and a temporary parking permit issued pursuant to 19 section one thousand two hundred three-a-one of this [chapter] article 20 shall entitle the driver to park in such parking spaces. Parking spaces 21 for the handicapped shall be those parking spaces accorded to a holder 22 of a handicapped parking permit provided in accordance with section one 23 thousand two hundred three-a or as provided in section four hundred 24 four-a or section one thousand two hundred three-a-one of this chapter, 25 authorizing municipalities to issue temporary parking permits to preg- 26 nant persons. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14454-02-6 
 S. 8896 2 1 2. It shall be a violation for any person to stop, stand or park a 2 vehicle in any area designated as a place for handicapped parking unless 3 the vehicle bears a permit issued under section one thousand two hundred 4 three-a, section one thousand two hundred three-a-one or a registration 5 issued under section four hundred four-a of this chapter and such vehi- 6 cle is being used for the transportation of a severely disabled [or], 7 handicapped or pregnant person. This subdivision shall not apply to a 8 violation of section twelve hundred three-c of this [chapter] article. 9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 11 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 12 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 13 on or before such effective date.