Bill > A3313

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Commissioner of Transportation to promulgate rules and regulations to reduce the noise generated by helicopters at airports, heliports, and helistops licensed by the State. These rules and regulations are to include requirements that the proprietor of an airport, heliport, or helistop reduce the number of helicopters leaving the airport, heliport, or helistop by not less than 47 percent compared to the average number of helicopter flights leaving from the airport, heliport, or helistop for the 12 months preceding the date of enactment of the bill. Flights by: (1) helicopters owned or operated by a federal or military authority; the State or a political subdivision thereof; a news agency; or a licensed hospital or healthcare provider; and (2) helicopters providing emergency medical transportation are not included in the required reduction in flights. Additionally, the bill requires, to the extent permitted by federal law, the Commissioner of Transportation to require a person applying for a license or renewing a license to operate a heliport or helistop to certify that the person will prohibit helicopters providing sightseeing or tourist services from leaving or landing at the heliport or helistop between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekends.

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Clinton Calabrese (D)*,  William Sampson (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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