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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 6485: Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 6485 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs. Primary sponsor: Chris Ryan (Democratic). It lists 32 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Relates to procedures relating to driving while ability impaired by drugs; defines impairment and intoxication; updates procedures for field testing of drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs to include the use of oral/bodily fluid tests; provides that refusal to submit to such field tests is specified to be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Democratic/Working Families 5 · Republican 2 · Republican/Conservative 17 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RyanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Joe GriffoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate53
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Jack MartinsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate7
Mario MatteraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate2
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Tom O'MaraCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate58
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Dan StecCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate45
Jim TediscoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44
Mark WalczykCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate49
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  2. PRINT NUMBER 6485C
  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
  4. PRINT NUMBER 6485B
  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
  6. PRINT NUMBER 6485A
  7. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
  8. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source