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NY A07511

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/28/2025

Primary Sponsor

Karen McMahon

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Replaces the word "accident" with "crash" throughout multiple New York State laws including the vehicle and traffic law, education law, general business law, insurance law, military law, penal law, public authorities law, public officers law, state finance law, and transportation law

  • Renames the "Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation" to the "Motor Vehicle Crash Indemnification Corporation" and updates all related references in insurance law provisions

  • Changes terminology in crash prevention course programs, renaming "accident prevention courses" to "crash prevention courses" throughout article 12-B and 12-C of the vehicle and traffic law

  • Updates crash reporting requirements, police investigation procedures, and all related forms and records to use "crash" instead of "accident" terminology

  • Makes conforming gender-neutral language changes throughout the affected statutes, replacing terms like "he," "his," and "him" with "the commissioner," "the owner," "the person," or "their" as appropriate

Legislative Description

Replaces each instance of the word accident with the word crash in relation to the vehicle and traffic law.

Last Action

referred to transportation

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Transportation3/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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