What's happening
This bill exempts emergency ambulance service vehicles from New York's prohibition on tinted windows.
Why it matters
Allows ambulance operators to use tinted windows. , which can help protect patient privacy by shielding those receiving care from public view during transport.
Enables better control of light and temperature inside ambulances. , potentially improving patient comfort and preserving sensitive medical equipment from sun exposure.
Addresses operational needs of emergency responders. , who may require tinted windows for safety and security reasons while performing critical medical services.
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Allow Tinted Windows for Ambulances
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- Referred to transportation
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Allow Tinted Windows for Ambulances
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Toby Ann Stavisky
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10395
IN ASSEMBLY
April 19, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an exemption to the prohibition on tinted windows in automobiles for emergency ambulance service vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 12-a of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
(g) All emergency ambulance service vehicles, as defined in section one hundred fifteen-c of this chapter, shall be exempt from the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15431-01-8
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