Requires every case of an injury arising from or caused by a bicycle with electric assist, an electric scooter or limited use motorcycle to be reported at once to the police authorities of the city, town or village where the person reporting is located; provides that the failure to report shall be a class A misdemeanor.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2531
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 21, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring every case of an
injury arising from or caused by a bicycle with electric assist, an
electric scooter or a limited use motorcycle to be reported at once to
the police authorities of the city, town or village where the person
reporting is located
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.27 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 265.27 Certain injuries to be reported.
4 Every case of an injury arising from or caused by a bicycle with elec-
5 tric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and
6 traffic law, an electric scooter as defined in section one hundred four-
7 teen-e of the vehicle and traffic law or a limited use motorcycle as
8 defined in section one hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic
9 law, shall be reported at once to the police authorities of the city,
10 town or village where the person reporting is located by: (a) the physi-
11 cian attending or treating the case; or (b) the manager, superintendent
12 or other person in charge, whenever such case is treated in a hospital,
13 sanitarium or other institution. Failure to make such report is a class
14 A misdemeanor.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05548-01-5
