---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus"
description: "Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 3120"
citation: "New York A 3120 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Magnarelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2024-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2761b907-211f-44fa-8ae2-4f9af8dbb41f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A3120"
source_hash: "10d84e72f7c754e7a578d29ea7cea6f3d5e98caa397a610678091890b02041c9"
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 3120 (2023-2024) — Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus

Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3120&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A3120A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A3120A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Magnarelli — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 3120A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** REPORTED
- **2024-05-30** RULES REPORT CAL.234
- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.234
- **2024-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-30** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9504A
- **2024-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1665
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-10-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.433 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2761b907-211f-44fa-8ae2-4f9af8dbb41f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).