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New YorkS 56462025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Authorizes the city of Mt. Vernon to establish a school speed zone demonstration program

Sponsored By: Jamaal Bailey (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Mount Vernon cameras require checks and warnings

Mount Vernon must use trained camera operators and run a successful self-test each day before generating enforcement images. Operators must keep daily setup and verification logs. An independent lab must check each system yearly and issue a signed calibration certificate. Logs and certificates must stay on file until related notices are finally resolved or the system is removed. The city must post advance warning and camera-use signs that meet national traffic-sign standards. It must consider speed data, crash history, and road design when choosing school zones. Equipment purchases and leases must follow New York municipal purchasing rules. Necessary regulations must be ready by the law's effective date; rulemaking is authorized immediately. The city must report to the Governor and legislative leaders by June 1 following the effective date and each operating year afterward. Reports must cover camera locations and dates, crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage citywide and in monitored school zones. They must include violation counts citywide and by monitored zone, grouped into 10–20, 20–30, 30–40, and over 40 mph above the limit. Reports must also show notices issued, fines collected, fines paid after the first notice, case outcomes, city revenue, and program costs. The city must assess how the process and program worked. The program and equipment purchasing rule expire December 1, 2031.

Mount Vernon school cameras bring capped fines

The law lets Mount Vernon use speed cameras in up to 20 school zones at once. Each zone can cover up to 1,320 feet next to a school building or entrance or exit. Enforcement covers school days during school hours, plus one hour before and after school. It also covers student activities, plus 30 minutes before and after them. Cameras must record a vehicle going more than 10 mph above the posted or other applicable speed limit. Owners face up to $50 per violation and up to $25 more for not answering a notice. The city's Parking Violations Bureau decides cases and sets penalties within these caps. Liability is civil, not a criminal conviction, and does not go on driving or insurance records. Owners are presumed to have allowed the vehicle's use, but use without consent is a defense. Other defenses include camera malfunction and a certified police report showing the vehicle or plates were reported stolen before the violation and remained unrecovered. Owners are not liable when the driver is convicted of the underlying speeding violation. An owner who was not driving can seek repayment from the driver. Leasing companies can shift liability to renters by filing required information before the violation and supplying correct renter contact and contract information within 37 days after receiving notice. Otherwise, the registered owner remains liable. Notices must arrive by first-class mail and identify the owner, vehicle registration, violation location and time, and camera or document locator number. They must include at least two dated and timed rear-view images showing a fixed reference object. Statutory mailing windows are 14 business days for New York owners and 45 business days for out-of-state owners. Notices must explain how to contest liability and warn that failing to contest admits liability and can lead to a default judgment. Separate speeding prosecutions against drivers remain available. The law takes effect 30 days after enactment and expires December 1, 2031.

Camera privacy protections limit public image access

Mount Vernon must avoid identifying drivers, passengers, or vehicle contents in camera images when practical. Images generally may be used only to decide liability or provide access to vehicle owners and drivers. They are admissible as evidence, but are not public records and generally cannot be obtained through legal requests or discovery. Owners and drivers can inspect, copy, and use images while they are kept. Images must be destroyed after final case resolution or one year after the notice, whichever is later. Qualifying state or federal warrants and subpoenas allow access for investigations of alleged misdemeanors or felonies. For out-of-state conduct, the alleged act must also be a misdemeanor or felony in New York. An identifying image alone does not require dismissal when the city shows reasonable efforts to protect privacy. The public-records exemption ends December 1, 2031.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jamaal Bailey

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 178 • No: 32

House vote • 6/13/2025

Assembly floor vote

Yes: 108 • No: 25

Senate vote • 6/10/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 53 • No: 5

committee vote • 6/10/2025

Rules Committee Vote

Yes: 17 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. SIGNED CHAP.482

    10/27/2025Senate

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    10/24/2025Senate

  3. RETURNED TO SENATE

    6/13/2025House

  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY

    6/13/2025House

  5. HOME RULE REQUEST

    6/13/2025House

  6. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.756

    6/13/2025House

  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR A8446A

    6/13/2025House

  8. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    6/10/2025House

  9. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    6/10/2025Senate

  10. PASSED SENATE

    6/10/2025Senate

  11. HOME RULE REQUEST

    6/10/2025Senate

  12. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1750

    6/10/2025Senate

  13. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    6/10/2025Senate

  14. PRINT NUMBER 5646A

    6/2/2025Senate

  15. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

    6/2/2025Senate

  16. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    2/26/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Amendment A

    6/2/2025

    PDF

  • Original

    2/26/2025

    PDF

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