---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the secondary enforcement of certain motor vehicle equipment violations"
description: "Relates to the secondary enforcement of certain motor vehicle equipment violations; prohibits enforcement of such violations in absence of reasonable cause to believe the operator of such motor vehicle has violated another provision of law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7599"
citation: "New York A 7599 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DARLING"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-18"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c645aba9-1db4-49a2-94a8-2093ff715a8b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7599"
source_hash: "57bcd52dc231b6bfad07448e28d7e30de17081978fc1883a3e729a4bc8172d07"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7599 (2021-2022) — Relates to the secondary enforcement of certain motor vehicle equipment violations

Relates to the secondary enforcement of certain motor vehicle equipment violations; prohibits enforcement of such violations in absence of reasonable cause to believe the operator of such motor vehicle has violated another provision of law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7599&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–9** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **40–21** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **96–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DARLING — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-05-18** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED
- **2021-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.486
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.486
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN SENATE
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.256
- **2022-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-10** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7353
- **2022-05-18** 3RD READING CAL.417
- **2022-05-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.751 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c645aba9-1db4-49a2-94a8-2093ff715a8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).