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S 6485 NY

Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Mar 14, 2025

Latest action (Jan 7, 2026) REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Summary

Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that refusal to submit to such field tests is specified to be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.

Sponsor (1)

32 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (8)

  1. Mar 14, 2025 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION · upper
  2. Mar 28, 2025 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION · upper
  3. Mar 28, 2025 PRINT NUMBER 6485A · upper
  4. Jun 6, 2025 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION · upper
  5. Jun 6, 2025 PRINT NUMBER 6485B · upper
  6. Jun 9, 2025 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION · upper
  7. Jun 9, 2025 PRINT NUMBER 6485C · upper
  8. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION · upper

Text versions (5)

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  • S6485 · HTML
  • S6485 · PDF
  • S6485A · PDF
  • S6485B · PDF
  • S6485C · PDF

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