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Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment

Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment

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Sponsor
William Colton
Last action
2026-04-28
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment

Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-28 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  2. 2026-04-28 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  3. 2026-04-28 Senate

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

  4. 2026-01-07 Senate

    DIED IN SENATE

  5. 2026-01-07 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.77

  7. 2025-05-14 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  8. 2025-05-14 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  9. 2025-05-14 Senate

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

  10. 2025-04-10 Assembly

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.99

  11. 2025-04-08 Assembly

    REPORTED

  12. 2025-04-02 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES

  13. 2025-01-14 Assembly

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Official Summary Text

Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment
Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1994

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  RIVERA,  CRUZ,  DeSTEFANO, HYNDMAN,
          WILLIAMS, TAYLOR, JACOBSON, SEAWRIGHT, BENDETT --  Multi-Sponsored  by
          --  M.  of  A. COOK, LEVENBERG, RAMOS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  parking
          infractions

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2-a  of  section  238  of  the
     2  vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 224 of the laws of 1995, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) If any information which is required to be inserted on a notice of
     5  violation  is  omitted  from  the  notice of violation, misdescribed, or
     6  illegible, the violation shall be dismissed  [upon  application  of  the
     7  person charged with the violation].
     8    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     9  have become a law and shall apply to notices of violation issued on  and
    10  after such date.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05495-01-5