What's happening
This bill requires motor vehicle accident reports in New York to include contact information for commercial enterprises and all involved parties and witnesses.
Why it matters
Improves accident investigation and accountability. by requiring that reports include detailed contact information (including phone and email, if available) for all parties and witnesses, making it easier to follow up during legal, insurance, or regulatory processes.
Targets commercial enterprise involvement. by specifically mandating contact details for companies when their employees or contractors are operating a vehicle or bicycle involved in an accident, which could help clarify liability and enhance transparency regarding commercial operations on public roads.
May lead to faster claims and dispute resolution. since more complete and accurate contact information for all involved parties—especially commercial entities—can help insurance companies, law enforcement, and victims resolve cases more quickly and efficiently.
Addresses modern communication needs. by updating requirements to include email addresses, reflecting current communication practices and potentially speeding up notifications or responses regarding accident claims and investigations.
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- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1662
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to contact information for commercial enterprises on motor vehicle accident reports
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 605 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(c) 1. The report required by this section shall be made in such form and number as the commissioner may prescribe. Such report shall include information on the width and length of trucks, tractors, trailers and semitrailers, which are in excess of ninety-five inches in width or thirty-four feet in length and which are involved in such accidents, whether such accident took place in a work area and whether it was being operated with an overweight or over dimension permit. Such report shall distinctly indicate and include information as to whether the inflatable restraint system inflated and deployed. Such report shall include information on the type or types of vehicles involved, including passenger motor vehicles, commercial motor vehicles, motorcycles, limited use motorcycles, off-highway motorcycles, electric scooters, bicycles with electric assist, and/or bicycles.
2. The report required by this section shall include contact information, including name, address, telephone number, and email address, if available, for a commercial enterprise where a vehicle or bicycle is operated by an employee or independent contractor of such commercial enterprise. Telephone numbers and email addresses, if available, for all parties and witnesses shall be included.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 196 of the laws of 2024, takes effect. Effective
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04432-01-5
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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