---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires an operator of a motor vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vehicle which is parked, stopped, or standing on the shoulder of a parkway or controlled-access highway"
description: "Requires an operator of a motor vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vehicle which is parked, stopped, or standing on the shoulder of a parkway or controlled-access highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5129"
citation: "New York S 5129 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lea Webb"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84890c8c-1418-4d70-b573-390e8ce7c21e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5129"
source_hash: "80c1cc3334e611502f2eb64cd42f3e1ee9b2250fb724d8f7de2df619364f195c"
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 S 5129 (2023-2024) — Requires an operator of a motor vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vehicle which is parked, stopped, or standing on the shoulder of a parkway or controlled-access highway

Requires an operator of a motor vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vehicle which is parked, stopped, or standing on the shoulder of a parkway or controlled-access highway.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5129&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5129A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5129A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lea Webb — primary (person)
- Timothy M. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** 1ST REPORT CAL.729
- **2023-05-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-18** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5129A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1077A
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.321
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-29** SIGNED CHAP.517 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84890c8c-1418-4d70-b573-390e8ce7c21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).