Committee

New York Senate Transportation Committee

Bill Bill Name Progress Referral Date
A00034 Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation. Crossed Over 04/08/2025
A00468 Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study to examine and update the requirements of safety inspections conducted to ensure the operational safety of all motor vehicles; requires a report; makes related provisions. Crossed Over 03/17/2025
A00590 Requires persons the ages of 16 or 17 to wear a helmet when riding a class one or class two bicycle with electric assist. Crossed Over 05/29/2025
A00593 Requires an official inspection station to post a sign or poster informing customers that it is not authorized to inspect an altered motor vehicle unless the registrant presents a state DOT exemption letter, otherwise, such vehicle shall report to the Department of Transportation. Crossed Over 03/12/2025
A01906 Requires a system for notifying customers of bed bug infestations on MTA subways, trains and buses, within 24 hours of discovering such infestation. Crossed Over 05/15/2025
A01994 Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment. Crossed Over 05/14/2025
A05134 Decreases the vacancy appointments by the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens or Brooklyn county from three members each to one member each. Crossed Over 05/22/2025
A08399 Relates to solicitation of donations on state highways. Crossed Over 05/29/2025
S00014 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Woodbury, county of Orange, to Detective Brian C. Mulkeen. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00031 Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00039 Provides milk dealers who operate trucks throughout the state buying, delivering, and selling milk with an EZ pass free of charge, where the authority will be responsible for the cost so long as it can be proved the truck is used exclusively for such purpose. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00040 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to War Dogs. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00053 Lowers the blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while intoxicated from .18 per centum to .12. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00059 Creates a state trooper highway memorial task force to develop and establish guidelines for recognition of members of the division of state police who have died in the line of duty; provides such recognition shall be by means of dedicating a portion of the state highway system, or the placement of a memorial plaque or marker along a state highway. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00081 Relates to the adjudication of parking infractions. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00090 Provides that the maximum speed limit on state highways may be established pursuant to an engineering and/or traffic investigation authorized or performed by the department of transportation or the municipality within which the section of state highway subject to such speed limit is located. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00096 Requires the MTA to submit an annual report on all minor and major contract cost overruns; establishes such report shall include a list of all contracts where overruns exceed one million dollars, all contracting firms involved, the winning bid amounts, the actual costs incurred, a description of the project, completion delays, and an analysis of why the contract bid amount was exceeded. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00106 Establishes safety requirements for operators who use bicycles with electric assist for commercial purposes and the businesses that employ such operators. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00131 Requires the consideration of complete street design for certain transportation projects which receive federal or state funding; authorizes the department to compile and make publicly available guidance and reference material related to consideration of complete street design. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00174 Enacts the "commuter rail employee rights protection act". In Committee 01/08/2025
S00200 Provides for the revocation of a person's driver's license who has been convicted of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00204 Appoints a fiscal monitor for five years; defines terms; provides for such appointment; provides for the duties of such fiscal monitor. In Committee 02/04/2025
S00207 Removes the requirement to renew registration of motor vehicles; makes conforming changes. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00213 Requires mandatory screening for alcohol or substance abuse and dependency when a person operates a motor vehicle while impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug or drugs. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00214 Establishes that one or more green or blue lights may be displayed on certain motor vehicles. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00226 Requires the registration of bicycles with electric assist used for commercial purposes; provides liability of employers for certain violations. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00258 Enacts "Bryan Johnson's law"; includes prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00262 Relates to distinctive license plates for society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00272 Ensures accountability of executives in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for service disruptions or delays that occur on the MTA's subway, bus, and commuter rail systems; provides the pay of all executives in the authority shall be frozen for each year in which there is an increase in service disruptions or delays on the MTA's subway, bus, and commuter rail systems until the MTA's service disruptions and delays return to their previous level or are reduced; provides for penalties In Committee 01/08/2025
S00275 Grants the commissioner of transportation the authority to increase grant awards for airport improvement and revitalization when the total funds available for assistance support higher maximum grants. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00284 Directs the board to submit a recommendation regarding the central business district toll amounts to the legislature and also to recommend a privacy risk plan. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00287 Establishes a distinctive plate honoring the Eagle Scouts for which the regular registration fee will apply plus an initial one time service charge of $25. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00290 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to "Trooper Edward J. Sweeney" in the town of Hempstead, county of Nassau. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00291 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in Nassau county to "Trooper Edward L. Cunningham". Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00301 Provides a religious exemption for the requirement to have a photograph taken for a driver's license or learner's permit. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00311 Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a blue or green light; provides for mandatory revocation of a driver's license for a period of six months where a person violates section 1144-a of the vehicle and traffic law and causes serious physical injury or death to another person; directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a public information campaign to instruct the In Committee 01/08/2025
S00343 Describes the role of the ignition interlock monitor as well as requirements of people charged with violations that require the installation of an ignition interlock device to comply with court orders. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00344 Provides that a person may operate a fully autonomous vehicle on the public roads of this state without a human driver provided that the automated driving system is engaged and the vehicle meets certain conditions; defines terms; requires insurance and that such vehicle is registered as a fully autonomous vehicle; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00346 Increases penalties for endangerment of a highway worker; promotes work zone safety awareness; establishes a fund for additional work zone safety enforcement. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00356 Relates to paratransit services; directs that an applicant for recertification submit correspondence from a licensed physician in lieu of an in-person assessment. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00445 Provides that cities having a population in excess of one million shall not supersede state provisions relating to the state law prohibition on individuals standing or parking a vehicle within twenty feet of a cross walk at an intersection. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00446 Enhances penalties for multiple convictions of certain moving violations within a one year time period; requires one year license revocation. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00457 Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to provide certain services on Fishers Island for a limited period of time. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00466 Implements escalating penalties for vehicles which have been documented multiple times by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic-control indications up to a suspension of a vehicle's registration. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00480 Eliminates additional application fees and annual fees for special license plates issued to veterans of the armed forces of the United States. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00509 Includes the New York city transit authority systems and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company in the no fare program for police officers; includes retired police officers. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00516 Requires motor vehicle repair shops to disclose whether parts supplied are under warranty and the estimate for all parts and labor; provides that no work can be done without the consent of the customer; provides for fines for violations of such provisions. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00525 Relates to the metropolitan commuter transportation authority establishing and implementing a policy for responsible management of vegetation and other activities that impact neighboring properties in order to preserve the safety and efficiency of commuter rail operations by implementing guidelines for removal and management policies. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00533 Repeals congestion pricing (Part A); directs the metropolitan transportation authority to contract with a certified public accounting firm for the provision of an independent, comprehensive, forensic audit of the authority (Part B). In Committee 01/08/2025
S00540 Requires legislative approval of any increased fees, rental or charges for the use of the thruway; provides that any shortfalls in revenue resulting from a denied proposal shall be made whole by the general fund. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00544 Provides that the town board of any town, exclusive of suburban towns and towns having a population exceeding fifty thousand, may by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation establish maximum speed limits on town highways which have been classified by the department of transportation as local roads and which are outside of villages. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00573 Relates to authorizing a five mile per hour speed limit for open streets in cities having a population in excess of one million. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00585 Relates to issuance of distinctive plates for members of the Red Knights International Motorcycle Club. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00601 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to the Boston NY Fallen Firefighters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/08/2025
S00604 Establishes the general aviation task force to study measures that may be implemented to improve general aviation operations in the state of New York. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00608 Requires the New York state thruway authority to submit biannual reports to the legislature of all fiscal transactions, receipts and expenditures, with each report covering activity from the prior six months. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00617 Prohibits the New York state safety inspection of vehicles used for a for-hire service if such vehicles have out-of-state license plates. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00639 Relates to special provisions for the operation of bicycles when approaching stop signs and traffic-control signals including steady circular red signals and red arrow signals. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00642 Provides that if any employee, engaged in the service of any commuter rail service owned or operated by the authority or its subsidiaries, shall suffer a physical and/or mental injury that is caused by a passenger, customer or member of the public while the employee is performing an assigned duty, the employer shall be held liable for any health care costs attributable to such injury; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00671 Authorizes the city of New York to provide for certain residential parking permit systems in certain neighborhoods, including but not limited to, Washington Heights, Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side, East Harlem, and Upper East Side. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00675 Prohibits the transportation of dogs in the back of a motor vehicle intended for any load unless such space is enclosed or has side and tail racks to a height of not less than forty-six inches extending vertically from the floor; the motor vehicle has installed means of preventing the dog from being ejected; or the dog is cross-tethered to the vehicle or is protected by a secured container or cage, in a manner which will prevent the dog from being ejected from the motor vehicle; imposes fines fo In Committee 01/08/2025
S00676 Regulates the purchase and sale of catalytic converters; permits only licensed or regulated scrap metal dealers, vehicle dealers, vehicle dismantlers or repair shops to possess, purchase or sell catalytic converters; makes unlawful possession an E felony; requires restitution. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00682 Increases the penalties for stopping, standing, or parking in handicapped spaces without a handicapped permit to not less than one hundred fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for the first offense and three hundred to five hundred fifty dollars for the second offense occurring within a period of five years within the state. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00709 Relates to periodic inspections of police vehicles; removes exemption for police vehicles for periodic inspections. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00715 Establishes the Long Island transportation account within the New York city transportation assistance fund. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00716 Relates to the passing of stopped school buses on divided highways; provides that vehicles traveling in the opposite direction of a school bus on such highway shall not have to stop if a physical barrier is present between the different directions of travel. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00724 Requires all ADA or handicapped parking spaces at an arena, entertainment or sports venue shall be directly outside the entrance door to the building as stated in federal law; provides that failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall result in an automatic suspension of any New York liquor license held by such venue for a period of one week for each day in which such venue is noncompliant; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00884 Enacts the "crash victims bill of rights"; requires accident reports to be delivered to victims of accidents or their next of kin; requires victim impact statements to be delivered at traffic infraction hearings by injured parties or their next of kin; requires employers to grant leave of absence to employees delivering a victim impact statement at a traffic infraction hearing; directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct a study and complete a report on certain automobile crash i In Committee 01/08/2025
S00907 Enacts "Alix's law"; relates to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting it; relates to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00915 Enables safe access to public roads for all users by utilizing complete street design principles. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S00920 Relates to requiring that certain information be provided to operators of limited use motorcycles concerning rules of the road and consequences for non-compliance. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00931 Increases the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first and second degrees; creates the offenses of leaving the scene of an accident involving a bicycle with electric assist without reporting in the first and second degrees. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00935 Authorizes and directs the metropolitan transportation authority to implement a free fare program on the Long Island Rail Road for firefighters employed by the city of New York. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00948 Increases the maximum amount of fines for parking violations from fifty dollars to sixty-five dollars for a first violation, eighty-five dollars for a second parking violation, and one hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00978 Authorizes the issuance of distinctive plates for medical technologists. In Committee 01/08/2025
S00979 Establishes the offense of aggravated reckless driving and allows for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used in connection with reckless driving or aggravated reckless driving. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01023 Increases the dollar value of abandoned vehicles which may be seized by a local authority. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01032 Establishes the reckless driving prevention grant program which provides funds to local law enforcement agencies and prosecuting offices to combat reckless driving. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01038 Allows for department of motor vehicles employees to employ an attorney-at-law to defend against certain civil actions; limits the basis for removal of such employees. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01054 Prohibits the use of head-mounted portable electronic devices while driving. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01061 Provides that all passengers of school buses must wear seat belts; exempts school bus attendants and others acting in a supervisory capacity from such requirement; requires that drivers announce "Everybody fasten your seat belts" before a school bus is placed in motion; empowers the commissioner of education to enforce such provisions; assigns a school bus attendant to each special needs student unable to comply with the seat belt requirement. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01128 Establishes a bicycle and pedestrian planning assistance program within the department of transportation to provide county and municipal governments with planning assistance for locally driven projects and activities that lead to bicycle and pedestrian friendly infrastructure; establishes criteria for approval for assistance under such program. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01133 Authorizes a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; establishes the guardians for schools fund. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01148 Provides voting membership to existing non-voting rider representatives on the MTA Board, provides for enhanced representation of MTA riders with disabilities. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S01156 Permits the retention of electronic dealer records provided that such records can be accessed and provided to a requestor during reasonable business hours. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01164 Requires all limited use motorcycles sold in the State of New York be registered; relates to registration fees; authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate regulations. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01186 Relates to providing notice to school districts and nonpublic schools located in New York city of certain construction projects; requires the New York city department of transportation to provide written notice to such school districts and nonpublic schools of certain construction projects undertaken within three hundred feet of a building of such school districts or nonpublic schools. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
S01204 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 110th Street - Central Park North subway station to the 110th Street - Malcolm X Plaza station. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/08/2025
S01240 Authorizes the impoundment of vehicles operated by intoxicated or impaired persons; authorizes the release of impounded vehicles to owners of such vehicles if certain criteria is met; authorizes a reasonable fee for towing and storage of such vehicles. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01243 Provides for the regulation of motorized scooters including registration, safety and equipment, prohibitions on unsafe operation and insurance requirements. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01246 Relates to creating a distinctive plate for combat veterans having served in the navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01249 Increases the minimum insurance coverage requirements for motor vehicles rented or leased in the state. In Committee 01/08/2025
S01284 Relates to instruction concerning traffic stops in pre-licensing courses to provide drivers with their responsibilities when stopped by a law enforcement officer. Crossed Over 01/09/2025
S01339 Authorizes broadband franchises in cities with a population of one million or more. In Committee 01/09/2025
S01340 Ensures the safe and efficient delivery of materials for the timely construction of major renewable energy facilities in furtherance of the goals mandated by the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; provides that vehicles carrying materials intended for the construction of any major renewable energy facility, including oversize and superload transport vehicles, shall be permitted to travel on the thruway and state highways, on any day of the week, including Saturday an In Committee 01/09/2025
S01355 Authorizes the village of Canton to reduce the speed limit on East Main Street to forty miles per hour. In Committee 01/09/2025
S01367 Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses. In Committee 01/09/2025
S01391 Authorizes a study of the traffic conditions in the incorporated village of Cedarhurst and its immediate boundaries, thoroughfares, county and state roads. In Committee 01/09/2025
S01407 Requires motor vehicles sold, licensed or registered in the state to be equipped with an immobilizer; establishes certain criteria such immobilizer shall meet. In Committee 01/09/2025
S01427 Relates to the issue of non-commercial drivers' licenses and learners' permits in counties which contain in whole or in part boundary land. In Committee 01/09/2025
S01428 Relates to private roads; repeals various provisions relating to the application for the creation of a private road. In Committee 01/09/2025
S01489 Designates a portion of state route one hundred fifty-nine in the town of Rotterdam, county of Schenectady, as the "John M. Grassia III Memorial Bridge". In Committee 01/10/2025
S01494 Relates to penalties for striking a pedestrian crossing a street while operating a motor vehicle. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01500 Authorizes an increase in the maximum speed limit to 70 mph for travel on roadways that currently have a maximum speed limit of 65 mph. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01508 Requires that photographs of all parking violations be taken and maintained; requires that such photographs be furnished to the person charged in a reasonable time upon request. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01509 Relates to the requirement that hearings for traffic infractions shall be conducted in person. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01511 Provides that persons charged with a parking violation shall be able to make an electronic court appearance unless a locality elects not to permit electronic appearances. Crossed Over 01/10/2025
S01512 Provides for distinctive license plates for gold star family members; eliminates the registration fee for gold star mother and gold star family member distinctive license plates. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01513 Eliminates registration fees for distinctive plates for gold star mothers. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01539 Relates to notification and hearings for proposed construction or removal of bicycle lanes or racks; requires a presentation at a public hearing when the department of transportation proposes to construct or remove a bicycle lane or rack; defines terms. In Committee 01/28/2025
S01542 Requires persons the ages of 16 or 17 to wear a helmet when riding a class one or class two bicycle with electric assist. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01599 Increases, from 8,600 pounds to 10,000 pounds, the gross vehicle weight rating of vehicles engaged in commercial towing that must be registered as tow trucks. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01600 Allows for distinctive plates to be issued for members of the New York city fire riders motorcycle club. Crossed Over 01/10/2025
S01601 Directs the MTA to rename the Eltingville transit center the Iraq War and Afghanistan War Veterans' Memorial Transit Center; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. In Committee 01/10/2025
S01612 Relates to providing a space on a certificate of title for an owner to designate a beneficiary to whom the vehicle shall be transferred upon the death of the owner. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01620 Restricts amplified sound coming from motor vehicles; allows for exceptions for certain police vehicles and certain vehicles used for business or political purposes. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01621 Provides an exemption to the prohibition on tinted windows in automobiles for emergency ambulance service vehicles. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01665 Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian outside the city of New York. Crossed Over 01/13/2025
S01675 Creates a pedestrian safety rating system for motor vehicles which shall be posted on the department of motor vehicles' website. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01680 Requires an official inspection station to post a sign or poster informing customers that it is not authorized to inspect an altered motor vehicle unless the registrant presents a state DOT exemption letter, otherwise, such vehicle shall report to the Department of Transportation. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01685 Allows for additional or relocated motor vehicle dealers to be located within six or ten miles of one another when separated by the Hudson River. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01702 Relates to the definition and registration of mobility dealers. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01768 Imposes five points on a person's license for being convicted of participating in speed contests and races. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01798 Issues distinctive epilepsy awareness license plates; establishes an epilepsy awareness fund and an epilepsy research and education program. Crossed Over 01/13/2025
S01803 Requires that all terrain vehicles only be filled with gas when on a tow or trailer; requires gas stations to post signs indicating to customers that an ATV needs to be on a tow or trailer before filling it with gas. In Committee 01/13/2025
S01831 Requires the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and the New York City Transit Authority establish a no fare program for the transportation of certain active duty, uniform police officers. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01832 Requires the department of transportation to develop an updated New York state bicycle and pedestrian plan adapted from the department's nineteen hundred ninety-seven New York state bicycle and pedestrian plan, to be re-evaluated and updated every five years. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01835 Relates to solicitation of donations on state highways. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01869 Imposes a highway use fee on outdoor advertising; establishes a New York state urban reforestation fund from fees imposed on outdoor advertising; makes provisions supporting urban forestry. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01871 Removes the additional $25 service charge for distinctive Elks Association license plates. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01881 Extends the registration period for trailers, other than a coach or house trailer or a semitrailer, from 1 to 5 years; amends trailer registration fees to match the 5-year registration timeframe. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01891 Relates to owner liability for failure of an operator to comply with street cleaning parking rules; relates to access to records prepared pursuant to street cleaning parking rules. Crossed Over 01/14/2025
S01897 Designates certain portions of the state highway system between Cayuga lake and Seneca lake as the "Between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes Wine Trail". Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/14/2025
S01899 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting a portion of state route 14 to Sergeant James S. Hayes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/14/2025
S01904 Permits animal-drawn vehicles to equip and use amber flashing lights; does not apply to such vehicles in a city with a population of one million or more. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01925 Provides that in the design, construction, maintenance, or renovation of any transit facility, transportation facility, or equipment of the metropolitan transportation authority, work shall take place over a continuous period of time until such point at which the project has been completed. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01930 Alters penalties for individuals, corporations, companies, and associations that violate rules and regulations related to braking systems, steering components, coupling devices, and the transportation of hazardous materials; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01934 Relates to the creation of the "No Hate NY" license plate and the "No Hate NY fund" to support hate crime awareness and prevention programs. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01941 Authorizes and directs the department of transportation to conduct a study on proposed improvements of state route 303 in the town of Orangetown, county of Rockland. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01942 Increases Rockland county's annual minimum allocation through the MTA Dutchess-Orange-Rockland Fund (DORF) from two million dollars to ten million dollars. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01947 Eliminates the registration fees charged for the issuance of volunteer firefighter distinctive license plates. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01948 Directs the New York thruway authority to develop and implement a toll discount program waiving additional costs for tolls related to travel on the New York state thruway for certain individuals who do not maintain an E-Z Pass account. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01949 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland to Hector L. Soto. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01952 Grants Rockland county residents a rebate who are charged the central business district toll; establishes the "Rockland county central business district toll account". In Committee 01/14/2025
S01955 Exempts antique motor vehicles from annual motor vehicle safety inspections; modifies the definition of antique or historical motor vehicles. In Committee 01/14/2025
S01971 Relates to yellow signals at traffic intersections; requires traffic-control signals shall be examined and certified as accurate every two years. In Committee 01/14/2025
S02004 Increases the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the second degree and leaving the scene of an accident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first degree; provides increased penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving a wheeled non-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the first and second degrees when the vehicle involved is a bicycle with an electric assist system. In Committee 01/14/2025
S02006 Provides for the establishment of school speed limits of not less than fifteen miles per hour by the legislative body of any county or, if so delegated, by the legislative body of any locality within said county on a portion of a state highway, county or town road passing a school building. In Committee 01/14/2025
S02018 Authorizes the town of Montague in Lewis county to designate certain town roads as low-volume roads and certain low-volume roads as minimum maintenance roads. In Committee 01/14/2025
S02019 Creates distinctive license plates for members and supporters of the United States army 10th mountain division. In Committee 01/14/2025
S02020 Creates a series of distinctive license plates for law enforcement officers who were wounded in the line of duty or the spouse of such, which shall bear the words "Wounded in the Line of Duty"; includes the New York state sheriff's association, New York state association of chiefs of police, police benevolent association of the New York state troopers, the New York state police benevolent association, and the New York city police benevolent association; provides that proceeds from the service ch In Committee 01/14/2025
S02030 Requires the department of transportation to determine which entrances to parkways in the state are most frequently accessed by oversized commercial vehicles and to install certain barriers to prevent such vehicles from accessing such entrances. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02035 Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients; removes the word "congressional" from distinctive plates; provides for the reissuance of plates to persons assigned distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02048 Requires the department of transportation to establish a central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections regarding freight rail operators, rail cars and freight lines or routes and rights of way. Crossed Over 01/15/2025
S02061 Provides for certain presumptions for reckless driving and the implementation of a reckless driving and vehicular violence awareness component of the pre-licensing course for driver's licenses. Crossed Over 01/15/2025
S02101 Requires that bridges over the canal system be maintained in a manner to not impede commercial motor vehicles. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02102 Relates to authorizing the village of Lewiston to reduce the speed limit to 25 miles per hour on Center Street. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02106 Relates to the issuance, records, and delivery of certificates of title; requires the establishment of an electronic lien and title program. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02107 Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to accept electronic signatures on any document. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02108 Provides for service of parking tickets by mail; provides additional time to respond to a parking ticket so served. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02110 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Morris, county of Otsego, to Trooper Jill E. Mattice. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/15/2025
S02112 Requires a school bus attendant or school bus monitor on all school buses transporting students in kindergarten through sixth grade to or from school or to or from any school related activity. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02114 Enacts the vehicular violence accountability act defining vehicular violence and establishing related offenses. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02116 Prohibits parking, standing, or stopping within ten feet of a bus stop. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02119 Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study on the distribution of traffic fines and to issue a report on the matter. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02120 Enables federal aid municipal street and highway funding for projects for painting, striping and other new infrastructure dedicated primarily for pedestrian or cyclist use notwithstanding the ten year service life requirement. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02141 Relates to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when school is not in session. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02144 Enacts Abbagail's law prohibiting supervising drivers from acting under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and subjects them to criminal charges. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02147 Relates to allowing two automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02155 Authorizes the city of New York to establish a residential parking system in the postal designation and area of Queens village near the UBS arena. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02156 Requires the Metropolitan transportation authority to hold an annual public seminar on new innovations that provide opportunities to discover new and emerging methods as such relate to the purpose of the Metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02168 Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products. In Committee 01/15/2025
S02214 Alters the definition of "drug" to include any substance or combination of substances that impair, to any extent, physical or mental abilities. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02217 Requires that notice be given to the community boards when there is a change in service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the New York city transit authority. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02233 Provides for a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars for each offense committed, or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment for a class A misdemeanor where a stretch limousine has failed an inspection but an operator still operates such vehicle; provides for the seizure and redemption of unlawfully operated and unsafe commercial motor vehicles by an officer; requires such vehicle information to be entered into the New York statewide po In Committee 01/16/2025
S02243 Requires highway projects that receive state funding to include the installation of broadband conduits suitable for fiber optic cables or wireless facilities that support broadband services; provides for access to such conduits on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02245 Requires the triborough bridge authority to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program; requires the metropolitan transportation authority to post their fee waiver policy on their website. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02255 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to implement certain standards issued by the society for protective coatings pertaining to applying and removing coatings from bridges, trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks and stations. Crossed Over 01/16/2025
S02259 Provides for indexing of certain appropriations; provides that on and after January 1, 2027 and on each following January first, the commissioner shall index the level of such appropriations for subsequent state fiscal years based on the national highway construction cost index for the most recent twelve month period; provides that the commissioner shall increase appropriations by the rate of inflation for the most recent twelve month period that is available at the time the adjusted rate is cal In Committee 01/16/2025
S02260 Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to install notification of the thirty-foot requirement on every stop sign; ensures that the required distance established by the law will be posted on any stop sign to forewarn motorists upon approaching a stop sign. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02261 Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund. Crossed Over 01/16/2025
S02263 Establishes the lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02265 Requires that no person under four years of age shall be a passenger in a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained by a child restraint system; requires that no person four years of age or older but under age eight shall be a passenger in a taxi or livery unless such person is restrained in an appropriate child restraint system; establishes violations of such provisions shall be punished by a civil fine of up to fifty dollars. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02267 Requires that for hire vehicles with a chassis which was manufactured and then altered for the purpose of transporting ten or more occupants, including the driver, be equipped with an operable carbon monoxide detector. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02268 Prohibits drivers of a bus, taxi or livery from using hands-free mobile telephones; provides for certain exceptions. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02299 Requires helicopters be equipped with flight recorders, cockpit voice recorders and terrain awareness and warning systems. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02300 Requires registration of general aviation aircrafts; aircrafts used for civil aviation; issuance of certificates of registration; proof of insurance. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02308 Relates to motorcycle awareness on state highways by affixing signs stating "Watch for Motorcycles". In Committee 01/16/2025
S02329 Requires review of all motor vehicle repair shop applicants which includes community input; establishes a list of factors that shall be considered when making such decisions. Crossed Over 01/16/2025
S02339 Requires that license plates be inspected during vehicle safety inspections and waives fees for the issuance of certain license plates. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02344 Dissolves the New York state thruway authority; transfers all functions, employees, records, authority, debts and obligations of such authority to the department of transportation. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02363 Directs the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to implement a plan that exempts health care workers from congestion pricing. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02378 Allows individuals to request a notation on their driver's license indicating that they have autism spectrum disorder, or any other medical, mental, or behavioral condition that may alter or impair their behavior; requires medical documentation to be submitted as proof upon such a request; directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to consult with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health to determine a list of such conditions and disorders that may be indicated on an indi In Committee 01/16/2025
S02379 Requires that driver's licenses indicate the blood type of the licensee upon the licensee's request. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02380 Disallows the suspension or revocation of a domestic violence victim's driver's license or registration for non-payment or lapse of insurance coverage upon a proper showing of current insurance and a court order or attorney affirmation that such individual is in fact a victim of domestic violence. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02381 Requires the cost or estimated cost of repairs for any motor vehicle damaged in such accident, or if a motor vehicle involved in such accident incurred no damage then a notation of such fact to be included in accident reports and for such information to be disclosed in reports made by motor vehicle condition reporting agencies. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02386 Requires bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters be registered with the department of motor vehicles, inspected and have liability insurance; and have a license plate affixed to such bicycle with electric assist or electric scooter. In Committee 01/16/2025
S02388 Establishes that the department of motor vehicles shall notify individuals via postal mail or electronic notification that their vehicle inspection is subject to expiration thirty days before such expiration; provides for a five day grace period after the expiration of the vehicle inspection certificate wherein operators of such vehicle shall not be fined. In Committee 01/17/2025
S02399 Directs the commissioner of DMV to establish a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program to provide education and awareness literature and educational materials to all drivers with a commercial motor vehicle license. In Committee 01/17/2025
S02403 Prohibits the operation of any motor vehicle equipped with a device which affects the operation of traffic-control signals; provides that the possession of such a device shall constitute a traffic infraction, use thereof is a class A misdemeanor, and use which results in personal injury or death shall constitute a class E felony. In Committee 01/17/2025
S02490 Directs the levy of an efficiency fee or an efficiency rebate based on the MPG or MPGe rating of medium and heavy duty vehicles. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02500 Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate rules and regulations to require that every school bus be equipped with a stop-arm on each side of the bus regardless of seating capacity; prohibits the operation of a school bus on public highways without a functioning stop-arm on each side of such bus. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02501 Requires proof of at least six hours of driving experience under a certified instructor prior to issuance of licenses for certain drivers and motorcyclists. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02504 Imposes increasing fines for subsequent speed camera violations in the city of New York. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02517 Requires proof of installation, maintenance and regular use of ignition interlock devices when use of such a device is ordered by a court; extends the period of suspension and revocation of a license until such proof is provided. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02526 Requires all persons in a city having a population of one million or more operating a bicycle, electric bicycle or electric scooter to wear a helmet; imposes a civil penalty for violation of such requirement. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02527 Requires license plates for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in New York city; requires a one time registration; requires a registration fee for such license plates. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02528 Requires liability insurance for bicycles, bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in cities having a population of one million or more. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02529 Establishes a bicycle and electric scooter operator's safety manual; provides for the issuance of a license for residents who successfully read and comprehend the operator's safety manual; requires residents who operate a bicycle, bicycle with electric assist or electric scooter in New York City to have a license to operate such devices. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02530 Prohibits the operation of a bicycle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs; applies upon public highways, private roads open to motor vehicle traffic, any other parking lot, and sidewalks. In Committee 03/14/2025
S02548 Authorizes variable message signs placed within the right of way of highways to display certain voting related communications; provides that no such communications shall be displayed if advised by the United States Department of Transportation or any of its agencies that the display of such information will interfere with federal law or regulation or result in the reduction of federal aid highway funds. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02564 Requires any proposed increase in fares by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority shall be submitted to the comptroller for approval before such fare increase takes effect; requires the metropolitan commuter transportation authority to submit a report to the comptroller which includes a justification for such proposed fare increase and the current financial condition of such authority. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02569 Authorizes drivers to disobey a traffic-control device or signal, after exercising reasonable care, in order to yield the right of way to an authorized emergency vehicle. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02591 Requires corporations to provide written notice to the municipality in which the canal is located and properties adjacent to such canal prior to commencing work along such canal; requires the corporation to hold a public hearing prior to commencing such work; allows for exceptions in certain situations. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02599 Requires bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in a city with a population of one million or more be registered with the department of motor vehicles and have a license plate affixed to such bicycle with electric assist or electric scooter. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02600 Waives certain licensure fees for veterans. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02601 Relates to licensure fees for seniors. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02621 Limits tolls charged on trucks. In Committee 01/21/2025
S02622 Repeals congestion pricing (Part A); increases the membership of the metropolitan transportation authority from sixteen to seventeen members; provides for the appointment for one member from each of New York City's boroughs on the written recommendation of the mayor of New York City (Part B); directs the metropolitan transportation authority to contract with a certified public accounting firm for the provision of an independent, comprehensive, forensic audit of the authority (Part C). In Committee 01/21/2025
S02630 Establishes a central business district toll exemption for employees of the fire department of the city of New York in the title of firefighter, fire marshal, marine engineer, pilot or wiper. In Committee 01/22/2025
S02660 Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Ellenburg, county of Clinton as the "Samuel Trombley Memorial Bridge". In Committee 01/22/2025
S02688 Provides that no autonomous vehicle may be used for taxi, livery or transportation network company vehicle services in any city with a population of one million or more without first being licensed by the New York City taxi and limousine commission; requires the New York City taxi and limousine commission to establish a license for use of an autonomous vehicle as a taxicab and to promulgate rules regarding such license and the operation of autonomous taxicabs. In Committee 01/22/2025
S02702 Relates to restrictions on class DJ and MJ licenses in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk by permitting such licensees to drive to and from school between the hours of five in the morning to nine o'clock in the evening. In Committee 01/22/2025
S02713 Enacts "local control for speed limits"; authorizes cities, villages, and towns to adjust the speed limit to lower than fifty-five miles per hour, but not less than twenty-five miles per hour, for portions of state highways that are particularly dangerous. In Committee 01/22/2025
S02714 Establishes the metropolitan transportation authority control board. In Committee 01/22/2025
S02715 Limits the amount of the fine to be paid for violating the E-ZPass system for failing to pay a toll to not exceed the amount of such unpaid toll. In Committee 01/22/2025
S02729 Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall waive the payment of fees for license plates if the new plates required are due to a change in plate design. In Committee 01/22/2025
S03021 Provides that the department of transportation shall not prohibit concealed carry firearms at state rest and parking areas and scenic overlooks by persons with a valid permit to carry concealed. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03032 Directs the department of transportation to study the cost of administering utility projects in state highway rights of way. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03039 Reduces the speed for owner liability for failure of operator to comply with certain posted maximum speed limits to more than seven miles per hour over such posted maximum speed limits. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03045 Removes the requirement that farm vehicles pay the metropolitan commuter transportation district (MCTD) supplemental registration fee. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03053 Requires the installation of climb deterrent fencing on all bridges under the jurisdiction of the New York State Bridge Authority. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03054 Provides benefits to Metro-North employees involved in or who witness a serious injury or fatality of another person in the course of an assigned duty. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03092 Relates to adding two more members to the Niagara Frontier transportation authority. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03101 Removes the weight and height restrictions on vehicles traveling south on the route from the Ogdensburg bridge to the Port of Ogdensburg. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03103 Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study to examine and update the requirements of safety inspections conducted to ensure the operational safety of all motor vehicles; requires a report; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03120 Relates to proof required for application of the distinguishing mark on veterans driver's licenses and non-driver IDs; conforms to federal law including National Guard members and reservists with 20 years of service as veterans. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03134 Requires the department of transportation to maintain a website or webpage where users may report defects on state highways and bridges. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03144 Requires accessible buses to be available within a service area measuring three miles from any bus line of the authority or its subsidiaries. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03153 Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of optional mobile or digital alternatives to driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards if specified requirements are met; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03156 Excepts violations pertaining to mufflers and exhaust systems for cars, motorcycle exhaust devices without internal baffles and motorcycle exhaust devices that are intentionally designed to allow for the internal baffling to be fully or partially removed or interchangeable from having a summons not issued or having a summons dismissed if the violation is corrected. In Committee 01/23/2025
S03183 Relates to notification requirements for traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices and photo speed violation monitoring systems. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03197 Prohibits the use of virtual reality headsets while operating a motor vehicle, limited use automobile, limited use motorcycle or bicycle. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03234 Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to adopt rules and regulations requiring the issuance and placement of special stickers identifying alternative fuel vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or less; requires such stickers to be easily identifiable to first responders as alternative fuel vehicles; defines alternative fuel. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03238 Repeals certain provisions relating to the operation of bicycles with electric assist. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03240 Prohibits drivers of school buses that are carrying students from using hands-free mobile telephones and provides for certain exceptions. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03249 Adds courses at a licensed New York state driving school approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles to the list of driver education providers. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03250 Requires local governments applying for a snowmobile trail development and maintenance grant to file an application in September, rather than an estimate of the expenditures; changes the allocation formula for the snowmobile trail maintenance and development fund; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03251 Provides for the electronic transmission of vehicle certificate of titles. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03260 Extends provisions relating to establishing the stretch limousine passenger safety task force; authorizes the stretch limousine passenger safety task force to continue to hold public hearings and meetings to review the actions taken by the state and to publish a report of its findings. Crossed Over 01/24/2025
S03272 Establishes the YMCA distinctive license plate; creates the YMCA foundation fund. Crossed Over 01/24/2025
S03273 Regulates the use of unmanned aircrafts in the state; defines terms; authorizes permitted uses of unmanned aircrafts; restricts use of unmanned aircrafts; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03276 Provides for liability of the state to any person who suffers damage as a result of a defect in a state highway. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03288 Provides for an applicant to voluntarily indicate that such applicant has a health condition or disability that may impede effective communication with a law enforcement officer when registering a motor vehicle, and that such information shall be provided to a law enforcement officer who makes a traffic stop of such vehicle. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03289 Adds red cross vehicles to the definition of authorized emergency vehicles. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03292 Exempts new clean fuel vehicles and vehicles that meet the clean vehicle standards from the first year of registration fees. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03293 Requires stretch limousines to be equipped with roll-over protection devices such as cages or pillars and anti-intrusion bars for the purpose of protecting rear compartment passengers. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03319 Issues non-driver identification cards to certain persons with suspended driving privileges due to a driving while intoxicated arrest. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03327 Requires operators of bicycles, skateboards, inline skates and scooters who are under eighteen years of age to wear protective headgear; increases the age requirement from fourteen years to eighteen years. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03333 Requires operators of motor vehicles to yield the right of way upon the immediate approach of a vehicle displaying a green or blue light. In Committee 01/24/2025
S03335 Allows for individuals consent to receive information from the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the national marrow donor program at the time of application for or renewal of a driver's license or non-driver identification card; directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a process by which the department of motor vehicles shall refer driver's license and non-driver identification card applicants who consent to having their information shared with the C.W. Bill Young Crossed Over 01/27/2025
S03387 Requires inclusion of complete street design for state and local transportation projects undertaken by DOT or which receive both federal and state funding and are subject to DOT oversight. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03389 Establishes the Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority for the purposes of the continuance, further development and improvement of transportation along the Brooklyn-Queens expressway and other services related thereto. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03391 Sets certain requirements for side under-ride guards for state fleet vehicles. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03401 Requires all bus companies to post on their internet websites or at the places they sell tickets, certain information maintained by the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03403 Relates to liability of the state for damages caused by reported defects and potholes if the report was made fourteen days or more before the damage occurred; establishes an interactive website for reporting defects and potholes on the state highway system and thruway. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03410 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to provide safety briefings to passengers aboard Metro-North trains, and train personnel in safety procedures. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03442 Establishes the East of Hudson watershed road salt reduction task force, pilot plan and test program to conduct a comprehensive review of road salt contamination and road management best practices within the East of Hudson watershed. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03459 Requires motorists to exercise care to avoid colliding with any domestic or companion animal; increases fines and penalties for causing such injury and for leaving the scene of injury to certain animals without reporting. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03480 Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all existing 3-cable guide rails on New York roadways and replacing such guide rails with safer alternatives; requires a report to be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly containing the findings and recommendations for legislative or other actions. In Committee 01/27/2025
S03489 Repeals the driver's license access and privacy act. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03501 Dedicates a portion of the Long Island Expressway in the town of Brookhaven to 9-11 Fallen Firefighters. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/28/2025
S03502 Imposes liability on the state for damages to persons caused by defects in state highways year round. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03509 Relates to renaming the bridges of the state highway system after New York state's medal of honor recipients. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03516 Establishes a central business district toll exemption for police officers employed in a police force of a city with a population of one million or more. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03520 Exempts Staten Island residents from Verrazzano-Narrows bridge tolls; directs the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to create applications for such exemptions. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03525 Provides for the exemption of disabled veterans of the armed forces of the United States from New York State Thruway tolls. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03539 Waives the registration fee and service charge for distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services where the applicant has attended twenty-five percent or more of the emergency calls for the previous year. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03544 Lowers the required service life threshold for consolidated local street and highway improvement program capital projects from ten years to five years. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03549 Increases penalties for traffic violations related to the failure to properly operate a motor vehicle when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle, hazard vehicle, vehicle displaying a blue or green light or certain other motor vehicles; increases penalties for multiple violations. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03550 Requires at least two photo speed violation monitoring systems in highway construction or maintenance work areas located on a controlled-access highway or on the thruway. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03565 Requires rear occupant alert systems in certain vehicles. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03583 Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish the "rotary and roundabout use and safety awareness" component for the pre-licensing class as a prerequisite for obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03588 Dedicates the portion of state route 60 between Shumla Road and Lakeview Road in the town of Pomfret, county of Chautauqua, to Emmaline Wilcox. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03605 Allows boards of cooperative educational services to install school bus stop sign cameras. In Committee 01/28/2025
S03622 Designates the Scajaquada pedestrian bridge as the "9.11 Heroes Bridge". In Committee 01/29/2025
S03623 Authorizes the city of New York to impose a personal income surcharge on high income residents to fund transit improvements. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03639 Increases penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving a death. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03662 Restricts a law enforcement officer from initiating a traffic stop for certain violations of the vehicle and traffic law; provides for the suppression or exclusion of evidence obtained in violation of such provisions; relates to the duties of the division of criminal justice services making certain information pertaining to traffic stops public. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03675 Relates to the conduct of public hearings by the metropolitan transportation authority; requires one additional hearing where more than 75 persons are unable to attend a required public hearing due to limited seating capacity. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03678 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to prioritize and hire union labor for proposed public work before making a contract available for public bidding. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03679 Requires the New York state thruway authority to provide notice, a description of meeting details and a sign up list prior to meetings of the board. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03684 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to create ten-year capital program plans. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03701 Relates to the adjudication of toll collection violations. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03706 Amends the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program to include the East New York station. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03728 Relates to passenger registration of pickup trucks that are used exclusively for non-commercial purposes. In Committee 01/29/2025
S03771 Requires the MTA to hold hearings in each county affected by proposed fare increases, major reductions of transportation and/or major service changes; does not apply to standard seasonal or holiday adjustments, temporary changes due to routine maintenance and/or temporary changes in response to emergency situations; requires the authority to hold a hearing in each county of a service area that is affected by the proposed change(s) in fares or services, provided that such hearings be limited to o In Committee 01/29/2025
S03788 Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented multiple times within a period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure to comply with traffic-control indications. In Committee 01/30/2025
S03804 Establishes a state high speed rail planning board; requires the planning board to report to the governor and legislature two years from the effective date with a plan for financing of high speed rail and the organizational entity which would oversee and operate New York's high speed rail program. In Committee 01/30/2025
S03832 Mandates the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules and regulations. In Committee 01/30/2025
S03854 Establishes a discount fare rate of no less than 25% for full-time undergraduate students attending an accredited college who utilize the New York city transit system, including railroad, subway and/or omnibus services. In Committee 01/30/2025
S03882 Enacts the "area speed limits act"; relates to factors for setting area speed limits. In Committee 01/30/2025
S03887 Requires that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is two hundred percent of the federal poverty level receive a fifty percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York city transit subways or buses, and/or Metro-North railroad; defines terms. In Committee 01/30/2025
S03892 Changes the name of the walkway over the Hudson bridge to the Eleanor Roosevelt Walkway. In Committee 01/30/2025
S03940 Establishes an office of the transit riders advocate to receive and resolve complaints affecting mass transit users of facilities of the metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 01/30/2025
S03957 Increases fees for the registration of larger, heavier motor vehicles; provides a waiver for a portion of weight added by batteries in electric vehicles. In Committee 01/31/2025
S04020 Enhances the fitness and safety requirements for certain licensed individuals; establishes the "New York state task force on the effects of aging on driving ability". In Committee 01/31/2025
S04045 Requires the installation of intelligent speed assistance devices if a driver accumulates eleven or more points on their driving record during a 24 month period, or receives 6 speed camera or red light camera tickets during a twelve month period. Crossed Over 01/31/2025
S04091 Prohibits the operation of NYC transit authority subways or trains without at least one conductor on board; requires a conductor on any subway or train operated by such authority whenever the subway or train has more than two cars attached to the engine. In Committee 01/31/2025
S04113 Relates to capital program plans; provides that the MTA shall submit to the MTA capital program review board two capital program plans on or before January 31, 2030 and every fifth year thereafter; provides that all future capital program plans be submitted January 31 of the required years. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04116 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study the feasibility and impact of installing sliding access doors on subway platforms. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04147 Enhances enforcement of laws requiring proper and readable license plates and vehicle identification numbers; increases penalties including booting. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04164 Requires certain motor vehicles to have rear passenger detection warning systems. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04185 Increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting to a class E felony. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04195 Requires inspections of motor vehicle mufflers and exhaust systems. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04201 Expedites MTA capital project improvement, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation by establishing a process for utility relocation necessary for such project. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04213 Relates to establishing distinctive "Women Veterans" plates and the women veterans support fund; establishes that moneys of the fund will be used for women veteran homelessness, counseling and other programs that support women veterans. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04230 Establishes that if financial loss has been made and a registrant or unregistered repair shop fails to comply with an order to pay restitution, the commissioner shall, by order, increase the amount of the penalty assessed. Crossed Over 02/03/2025
S04235 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in conjunction with the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad, to identify flammable or hazardous materials near above-ground and grade level tracks and make recommendations for removal of such materials. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04250 Requires a holder of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit, while operating a vehicle, to display a sign indicating that such vehicle is being driven by a new driver; authorizes the commissioner to create the form and distribution for such sign upon the issuance of the learner's permit. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04288 Withdraws Orange county from the metropolitan commuter transportation district. In Committee 02/03/2025
S04317 Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the NYC transit system. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04321 Permits the villages of Upper Brookville, Flower Hill, East Hampton, Westbury, Saddle Rock and Southampton located in Nassau and Suffolk county to adopt local laws to implement a demonstration program imposing monetary liability not to exceed fifty dollars on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs; permits such villages to install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems as part of such demonstration program. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04335 Conditions the institution of any substantial change in surface route or rapid transit route service upon approval by the metropolitan transportation authority and committee on operations of the NYC transit authority and upon public hearing; sets allotted individual and aggregate speaking time during such hearings. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04341 Requires department of motor vehicle forms, tests and applications for permits and licenses in a city with a population of one million or more to be available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04367 Requires the submission of a twenty-year capital needs assessment to the metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04370 Authorizes the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to impose tolls and fees for congestion pricing for motorcycles in the central business district in the amount of half of the charges for the tolls and fees of other vehicles. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04373 Relates to attendance policies for employees of the metropolitan transportation authority or contractors of Nassau and Suffolk counties providing public transportation regarding time off for medical services and court appearances. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04377 Provides that the MTA shall not use cleaning materials or chemicals which may cause asthma or trigger or exacerbate the symptoms of asthma. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04411 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in conjunction with the New York city transit authority, to develop weekly and monthly tickets valid for optional, discounted transfers between such authorities. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04412 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to develop and implement a lower cost, intra-city combination ticket valid for transfers between the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company both peak and off-peak trains. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04421 Provides a fare-free bus pilot program in New York City for one year, subject to appropriations. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04435 Provides that any one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company by a senior citizen or a person with a disability shall be valid at any time during the day or night. In Committee 02/04/2025
S04471 Adds cargo bicycles with electric assist to the types of bicycles with electric assist regulated under the vehicle and traffic law; provides that no person shall operate a cargo bicycle with electric assist unless it is accompanied by proof of financial security unless otherwise authorized by local law, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation or pursuant to an agreement made on behalf of the city, town, or village. In Committee 02/05/2025
S04475 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to publish certain information pertaining to capital project data for projects that are committed for construction on the capital program dashboard maintained by the authority on the authority's website; requires sources of funding to be specified. In Committee 02/05/2025
S04508 Establishes scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times of student arrival and dismissal to ensure all vehicular traffic is stopped while pedestrians are crossing in the same intersection. In Committee 02/06/2025
S04510 Requires certain contractor, subcontractor and worker certifications for metropolitan transportation authority contracts which involve industrial painting or industrial coating work. In Committee 02/06/2025
S04512 Provides for transportation accommodations for passengers with disabilities; requires compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and indication for accommodations when requesting a ride; creates an on-demand vehicle accessibility fund. In Committee 02/06/2025
S04572 Relates to the level of acceptable light transmittance of automobile window tint and film. In Committee 02/07/2025
S04594 Designates the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island; provides for the withdrawal of the Nassau-Suffolk coordinating committee from the New York Metropolitan transportation council. In Committee 02/10/2025
S04615 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Charlie Bunger Sr. in the village of Babylon, county of Suffolk. In Committee 02/10/2025
S04621 Implements driving privilege licenses for applicants with alternative forms of identification; requires a social security number to register to vote on an application for a motor vehicle driver's license. In Committee 02/10/2025
S04622 Designates the bridge on Bay Shore Road in the town of Islip, county of Suffolk, the "Trooper Fabio Buttitta Memorial Bridge". In Committee 02/10/2025
S04630 Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Sergeant Gregory Wahl Memorial Highway". In Committee 02/10/2025
S04631 Relates to requiring an updated signature and photo image for renewal and display on a renewed license. In Committee 02/10/2025
S04646 Suspends the registration of vehicles which have been documented multiple times by a photo speed violation monitoring system for speeding in a highway construction or maintenance work area. In Committee 02/10/2025
S04647 Increases penalties for certain speed violations. In Committee 02/10/2025
S04648 Increases the number of photo speed violation monitoring systems in a highway construction or maintenance work area; makes such provisions permanent. In Committee 02/10/2025
S04649 Imposes fines for failure to exercise due care and move over when approaching parked, stopped or standing motor vehicles on the shoulder of a highway. Crossed Over 02/10/2025
S04672 Requires signage on state highways designating where there is a zero-emission charging and refueling station that is open and available to the public within three miles of an exit or off-ramp. Crossed Over 02/11/2025
S04678 Increases driver safety training course requirements for D, M, and MJ license applicants; directs the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles to study the operation and safety of motorcycles, e-bikes, and scooters. In Committee 02/11/2025
S04688 Requires batteries for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to be tested and approved by certain testing laboratories. In Committee 02/11/2025
S04690 Relates to human trafficking awareness and training for public transit employees; mandates displaying human trafficking resource materials created by the state public transportation safety board and the department of transportation in all public transit modes of transportation. In Committee 02/11/2025
S04694 Requires the suspension of the collection of tolls on public roads during a state declaration of disaster emergency on the New York state thruway. In Committee 02/11/2025
S04705 Repeals congestion pricing. In Committee 02/11/2025
S04736 Authorizes the department of motor vehicles to issue standard drivers' licenses; restricts what information can be retained and given out on those applying or holding standard drivers' licenses. In Committee 02/12/2025
S04739 Relates to prohibiting transportation network companies from including mandatory arbitration clauses in user agreements for certain offenses including assault and sex offenses; provides all user agreements issued with such clause shall be considered null and void and new agreements without such clause shall be issued within 14 days of the effective date of this legislation. In Committee 02/12/2025
S04743 Permits a distinctive plate for active duty military service members. In Committee 02/12/2025
S04753 Requires motor vehicle repair shops to disclose types of replacement parts used in automobile collision repairs and provides a disclosure form to be signed by the owner consenting to the use of any such parts; forbids use of any other parts except new original equipment manufacturer parts on any vehicle during the first year of its manufacture and for the two years following. In Committee 02/12/2025
S04795 Relates to prohibiting the issuance of late fees prior to a finding of liability. In Committee 02/12/2025
S04804 Relates to establishing first responder safety zones and setting speed limits in such safety zones. Crossed Over 02/13/2025
S04811 Requires every railroad corporation which operates any freight train within the state to submit quarterly reports to the department of transportation detailing such railroad corporation's inspections of any train yard and freight train operated in the state by such corporation; directs the department of transportation to conduct follow up inspections. In Committee 02/13/2025
S04822 Imposes certain restrictions on catalytic converters; requires all vehicle catalytic converters to be indelibly marked or engraved with a readily observable vehicle serial number; provides a reduction in premium charges for certain motor vehicle liability, comprehensive and collision insurance rates with respect to automobiles equipped with a catalytic converter which contains the vehicle identification number of the vehicle. In Committee 02/13/2025
S04830 Authorizes the New York state thruway authority to issue annual short distance commuter permits which shall provide for travel at no charge between interchanges in permit areas. Crossed Over 02/13/2025
S04849 Directs the department of transportation to conduct a traffic and planning study on the feasibility of transforming the Harriman campus in connection with the relocation of the Wadsworth Laboratory at Harriman; directs a report on the findings of such study to be delivered within one year of effectiveness. In Committee 02/13/2025
S04869 Relates to parking spaces for handicapped persons; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall provide in any pre-licensing course a mandatory component of education of the laws relating to handicapped accessible parking. In Committee 02/13/2025
S04886 Prohibits the disclosure of individualized fare payment data by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority and the New York city transit authority for the purpose of maintaining customer privacy; provides certain exceptions when such data can be disclosed. In Committee 02/13/2025
S04897 Establishes a central business district toll exemption for certain emergency medical technicians and fire protection inspectors. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04915 Establishes a central business district toll exemption for first responders employed by the state, any municipality, a recognized corporation or authority, or certified organization, thereof who are performing any part of their duties in the central business district. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04919 Relates to traffic ticket liability for midwives responding to emergency medical situations. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04921 Authorizes the creation of a 9-8-8 license plate in support of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04937 Requires a system for notifying customers of bed bug infestations on MTA subways, trains and buses, within 24 hours of discovering such infestation. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04939 Requires the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations requiring entities proposing construction of a new building development within one mile of a transit facility to submit environmental impact statements; defines transit facility. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04942 Permits only one traffic infraction per traffic stop for having tinted windows on a motor vehicle. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04947 Requires the addition of fog lines on all state highways and other public ways under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation when such highway or public way is repaved. Crossed Over 02/14/2025
S04971 Requires a police officer to provide the consequences of refusal to submit to a chemical test for the purpose of determining the alcoholic and/or drug content of the blood, both orally and in writing in such person's preferred language, and by an interpreter if necessary. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04975 Increases the threshold for office of the comptroller review of the metropolitan transportation authority discretionary awards to MWBEs and small businesses from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04979 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study and report on potentially hazardous structures and storage areas under elevated train tracks, and its commuter notification system. In Committee 02/14/2025
S04984 Relates to directing the department of motor vehicles to issue New York drivers' licenses to individuals holding a valid or recently expired driver's license from certain Caribbean countries. In Committee 02/14/2025
S05003 Designates the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge as the "Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge". Crossed Over 02/14/2025
S05008 Establishes in the city of New York a bicycle lane safety program to enforce certain restrictions on the use of bicycle lanes and/or protected bicycle lanes by means of bicycle lane photo devices. In Committee 02/18/2025
S05010 Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation to create a road salt applicator training program, which shall include, but not be limited to training materials regarding the environmental and human health impacts of road salt and a plan of action for the reduction or elimination of sodium chloride pollution in environmentally sensitive areas. In Committee 02/18/2025
S05028 Authorizes the issuance of distinctive legion of valor license plates for individuals who have received the army medal of honor, navy medal of honor, air force medal of honor, army distinguished service cross, navy cross, coast guard cross, or air force cross. In Committee 02/18/2025
S05054 Repeals certain provisions of law relating to the disclosure of immigration records by the department of motor vehicles which make it a class E felony to disclose such records and information pertaining to immigration status. In Committee 02/18/2025
S05074 Provides for the field testing for use of mobile telephones and portable electronic devices while driving after an accident or collision; allows police departments the option to participate in such field testing. In Committee 02/18/2025
S05076 Lowers the age of eligibility from 21 to 18 for a class A license or for a commercial driver's license which contains an H or an X endorsement or which is valid for operation in interstate commerce. In Committee 02/18/2025
S05079 Requires TNC passengers, prior to using a digital network, to acknowledge a legal notice that states: "IF YOU CLICK HERE, YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO SUE US IN COURT". In Committee 02/18/2025
S05120 Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within one year. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05128 Requires the New York city transit authority to outline in its annual report the procedures and methodologies used for the reduction and abatement of noise. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05135 Provides for automatic enrollment to NY-Alert on the application for a learner's permit, driver's license, non-driver identification card, or renewal thereof; requires a space for an applicant to opt out of such enrollment. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05143 Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to create a bicycle with electric assist battery swapping pilot program in a city with a population of one million or more. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05148 Relates to the submission of a twenty-year capital needs assessment to the metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board; provides that such assessment shall be adopted by not less than a majority of members of the authority in the office, except in the event of a tie. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05161 Directs the New York city transit authority and metropolitan transportation authority to ensure the proper operation of security cameras at subway stations and report thereon. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05162 Provides that no suspension of a registration shall occur for a violation regarding cashless tolls absent clear evidence of an owner's intent to repeatedly evade paying such tolls. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05164 Decreases the vacancy appointments by the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens or Brooklyn county from three members each to one member each. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05172 Renames the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge; directs the commissioner of transportation to provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05178 Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Triborough bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05205 Allows current, active and retired military service members and reserve units of the state to qualify for distinctive license plates; allows the spouse to also qualify for such distinctive plates. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05216 Waives the fee for a commercial driver's license for a member of the military or a veteran when they submit an application for military skills test waiver as part of their application. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05217 Directs the MTA to establish a half fare rate program for veterans. In Committee 02/19/2025
S05244 Establishes a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company. In Committee 02/20/2025
S05331 Establishes an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insurance; requires insurers to provide necessary information. Crossed Over 02/20/2025
S05355 Relates to the issuance of distinctive plates for retired members of the New York state legislature. In Committee 02/20/2025
S05365 Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to impose higher civil penalties upon motor carriers who fail to report to the commissioner of motor vehicles certain disqualifying violations by bus drivers employed by such carrier. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05385 Permits the commissioner of motor vehicles to require any licensed driver to submit to an examination or reexamination prior to such licensed driver's normal renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having jurisdiction of traffic offenses, or the governor or chief magistrate of a state or territory stating that the driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is questionable. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05387 Directs the commissioner of transportation to waive the annual security deposit fee specified in Use and Occupancy Permit No. 82771 issued to the Bedford Hills Fire District, Town of Bedford, Westchester County allowing for the use of approximately 4,000 square feet of state land for parking for volunteer firefighter members of the Bedford Hills Fire District. Crossed Over 02/21/2025
S05394 Relates to additional equipment requirements for stretch limousines; requires that stretch limousines are equipped with the necessary quantity of window break tools and operational fire extinguishers. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05395 Authorizes distinctive license plates for recipients of the Bronze or Silver star. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05415 Imposes strict liability on manufacturers, owners, and operators of unmanned motor vehicles. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05428 Authorizes park-and-ride development as construction or improvement by the department of transportation partly at municipal expense. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05446 Relates to dedicating a portion of the state highway system to Specialist Jason Johnston. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/21/2025
S05457 Alters the definition of "drug" in the vehicle and traffic law to include any substance or combination of substances that impair, to any extent, physical or mental abilities; defines impairment and intoxication; provides that refusal to submit to a breath test and/or oral/bodily fluid test shall be a traffic infraction; makes related provisions. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05482 Provides for a minimum indemnity bond or insurance policy of $500,000 required by certain common carrier ambulettes and paratransit vehicles. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05487 Allows valid certificates of marriage from foreign governments and religious institutions as acceptable documentation to change a name on a driver's license, learner's permit, or identification card. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05490 Allows persons in recovery to have a distinguishing mark printed on their driver's license for cases of medical emergencies. In Committee 02/21/2025
S05516 Requires railroad corporations to conduct a comprehensive safety inspection when a freight train is parked in a train yard prior to traveling on tracks within the state including, but not be limited to, a review of tracks, safety equipment, including brakes, and train cars. Crossed Over 02/24/2025
S05529 Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 2 speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time. In Committee 02/24/2025
S05530 Requires the department of transportation to provide a list of legal clearance heights for bridges to owners or operators of trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations. In Committee 02/24/2025
S05532 Includes a class three bicycle with electric assist in the definition of limited use motorcycle. In Committee 02/24/2025
S05568 Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways. In Committee 02/25/2025
S05578 Provides for a 75-25 percent split in the New York city transit authority's operating surplus between the authority and the Metropolitan transit authority where previously the split was 50-50. In Committee 02/25/2025
S05581 Authorizes cities to request that railroad corporations perform railroad crossing, bridge and right of ways maintenance and to perform such maintenance if the corporation fails to do so. In Committee 02/25/2025
S05584 Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a yellow dot program under which the medical and emergency contact information of the occupants, aged 55 or older, of a motor vehicle is available to emergency personnel in the glove compartment. In Committee 02/25/2025
S05626 Designates Water Street, Leroy Place, North Street, Plank Road, and South Street in the city of Newburgh as state highways. In Committee 02/26/2025
S05627 Designates Broadway and Lake Street in the city of Newburgh as state highways. In Committee 02/26/2025
S05630 Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree when such person commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and causes the death or serious physical injury of another person. In Committee 02/26/2025
S05631 Requires motorcycles to be registered at point of sale. In Committee 02/26/2025
S05643 Designates state route 22 between Lorraine Avenue and Lincoln Avenue in the city of Mount Vernon as the "Dwight 'Heavy D' Myers Way". In Committee 02/26/2025
S05646 Authorizes the city of Mt. Vernon to establish a school speed zone demonstration program; authorizes installation in no more than twenty school speed zones in such city. Crossed Over 02/26/2025
S05659 Authorizes the village of North Haven, county of Suffolk, to reduce the maximum speed limit along certain designated streets in such village to not less than twenty miles per hour. Crossed Over 02/26/2025
S05661 Requires drivers to create a center rescue lane on approach of authorized emergency vehicles. In Committee 02/26/2025
S05671 Requires the department of transportation to promulgate rules and regulations for the installation of heat safety gauges or hot bearing detectors on freight rail tracks in the state; requires the installation of positive train control systems on all freight trains operated within the state. In Committee 02/27/2025
S05672 Requires transportation network companies to notify passengers who have reported an incident of sexual assault that occurred during a TNC prearranged trip that the TNC will not report such incident to law enforcement; requires TNCs to advise every passenger that reports an incident of sexual assault that occurred during a TNC prearranged trip of their right to make a report to local law enforcement or the state police. In Committee 02/27/2025
S05676 Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Schenectady. In Committee 02/27/2025
S05677 Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Schenectady; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030. Crossed Over 02/27/2025
S05688 Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall affix a cost for the sale of registration lists and title information or other records in bulk at the annual cost not to exceed $1,520,000; authorizes such commissioner to impose other requirements; makes related provisions. In Committee 02/27/2025
S05713 Requires railroad corporations to inform the division of homeland security and emergency services, department of environmental conservation and department of transportation about freight rail trains transporting hazardous materials prior to traveling on tracks within the state. Crossed Over 02/28/2025
S05736 Relates to eligibility for designated disability license plates for parents of severely disabled children. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05748 Prohibits freight trains traveling on a track within the state from exceeding eight thousand five hundred feet in length; directs the commissioner of transportation to promulgate rules and regulations to establish a waiver process to permit the operation of freight trains in excess of eight thousand five hundred feet for situations as deemed appropriate by such commissioner. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05749 Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05753 Enacts the "NYPD highway officer Anastasios Tsakos act"; requires intoxicated drivers to pay child support if such intoxicated driving results in the death of the parent or guardian of a minor child due to the influence of alcohol. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05762 Waives the central business district toll for New York city sheriffs, undersheriffs or deputy sheriffs acting in their official capacity. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05768 Authorizes the Seagate police department receive a special parking placard for the department's motor vehicles when such officers are on official business as peace officers. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05769 Dedicates a portion of New York state route 21 to TSgt Kory Wade. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/28/2025
S05770 Enacts "Brendon's law" to prohibit participation, including spectators within two hundred feet, of any motor vehicle speed contest, sideshow and street takeovers; authorizes seizure and forfeiture. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05775 Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times within an eighteen month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications for a period of ninety days. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05776 Provides for the suspension and revocation of certain learner's permits, and the return of numbered plates and registration suspensions in certain circumstances. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05777 Requires the surrender of registration and license plates for a suspended or revoked license. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05778 Requires the metropolitan commuter transportation authority to contract with a certified independent public accounting firm for the provision of an independent, comprehensive, forensic audit of the authority to examine redundancies, inefficiencies, and the authority's governance system. In Committee 02/28/2025
S05801 Establishes a bicycle and electric scooter operator's safety manual; provides for the issuance of a license for residents who successfully read and comprehend the operator's safety manual; requires residents who operate an electric scooter in New York City to have a license to operate such devices; requires instruction in electric scooter safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course; requires liability insurance for electric scooters in cities having a population of one million or more; pr In Committee 03/03/2025
S05844 Prevents relicensing of drivers who have been twice convicted of certain violations relating to driving where physical injury occurs. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05845 Provides that vehicles with permits for handicapped parking issued anywhere in the state may use all spaces for handicapped parking in the city of New York. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05856 Allows application to a court to compel compliance with a chemical test where a motorist is suspected to be under the influence and where the driver has refused a chemical test. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05859 Directs the department of transportation to conduct a study to evaluate the standard approach of setting or adjusting speed limits, specifically the usage of 85th percentile rule. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05863 Directs municipalities to create a program for bystander reporting of stolen, false or fraudulent license plates. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05875 Defines the terms "impaired" and "intoxication" for the purposes of the vehicle and traffic law. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05879 Enacts Michelle and Jordan's law relating to the penalties for a second conviction of participating in an unlawful speed contest or race. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05883 Relates to establishing distinctive "Alzheimer's Awareness" license plates; provides that the funding for such be deposited in the "Alzheimer's disease assistance fund". Crossed Over 03/03/2025
S05888 Authorizes a parking permit system for park-and-rides in the borough of Staten Island in the city of New York; requires residents of Staten Island to receive a permit free of charge and out-of-state residents to pay an annual fee for such permit. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05894 Establishes distinctive "POW-MIA" license plates; establishes the "POW-MIA awareness fund" to fund POW-MIA public education and awareness campaigns and veteran services by Rolling Thunder New York chapters and upon approval by the state director of veterans' services. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05898 Transfers certain lands to the city of New York to be used as parklands. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05905 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to contract with a certified public accounting firm for the conducting of an independent forensic audit of such authority. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05908 Increases the membership of the metropolitan transportation authority from sixteen to seventeen members; provides for the appointment for one member from each of New York City's boroughs on the written recommendation of the mayor of New York City. In Committee 03/03/2025
S05914 Relates to waiving all additional fees associated with the issuance of an enhanced driver's license if such license is required within thirty days of the issuance or reissuance of a standard driver's license. In Committee 03/04/2025
S05945 Restricts participation in the pre-licensing course internet pilot program to persons over the age of 25. In Committee 03/04/2025
S05997 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Eden, county of Erie, to Maintenance Supervisor Stephen C. Ebling. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/04/2025
S06008 Establishes the "Fallen Skywalkers Memorial Bridge" in the city of Buffalo in Erie county. Crossed Over 03/04/2025
S06011 Includes part of Ridge Road in the city of Lackawanna as a state highway. In Committee 03/04/2025
S06016 Designates South Park Avenue in or near Lackawanna as a state highway. In Committee 03/04/2025
S06024 Relates to E-ZPass availability and waiving deposit fees for a certain period after a rate increase. Crossed Over 03/04/2025
S06157 Establishes a statewide multi-agency integrated data system for certain violations relating to motor vehicle registration and use which may be accessed by local law enforcement agencies for the issuance of fines, tickets, or notices of liability related to traffic offenses. In Committee 03/05/2025
S06158 Relates to radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and the registration of motor vehicles. In Committee 03/05/2025
S06160 Exempts farmers from commercial driver's license (CDL) requirements when operating a covered farm vehicle within one hundred fifty miles of such farmer's farm. In Committee 03/06/2025
S06175 Establishes the senior driver safety commission; provides for its powers and duties. In Committee 03/06/2025
S06188 Relates to the issuance of driver's licenses and emergency medical personnel designation; allows the use of alternate forms of identification where an applicant for a driver's license does not have a social security number or Individual Tax Identification Number. In Committee 03/06/2025
S06209 Relates to requiring the department of transportation to prepare a plan for every public transportation system to be eligible to receive operating assistance in the purchase of new zero-emission buses or vehicles. In Committee 03/06/2025
S06241 Provides that the course consisting of classroom driver training and highway safety instruction that is required of driver's license applicants shall be not more than six hours instead of five. In Committee 03/07/2025
S06242 Provides that vehicle registrations, reregistrations and renewals shall expire upon the last day of the month in which the registration is valid. In Committee 03/07/2025
S06256 Authorizes county highway superintendents to rent road machinery from any city, town or village; authorizes town highway superintendents to contract for the use of certain services and town machinery, tools and equipment with another municipality, district corporation, school district, community college or any unit of the state university. Crossed Over 03/07/2025
S06265 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lieutenant Donald R. Hill in the city of Oswego, county of Oswego. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/07/2025
S06311 Requires bomb or blast resistant garbage receptacles in facilities of common carriers; provides minimum specifications for such receptacles shall be set by the NYS division of homeland security and emergency services. In Committee 03/10/2025
S06312 Relates to requiring participation in an alcohol and drug rehabilitation program for certain first offenders. In Committee 03/10/2025
S06344 Establishes Davina's driver accountability law which requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a uniform curriculum for accident prevention courses for use by all sponsoring agencies, delivery agencies and instructors in this state; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof. In Committee 03/11/2025
S06347 Authorizes the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study relating to airborne ultrafine particles; analyzes the impacts of certain large hub commercial airports on airborne ultrafine particles; analyzes the characteristics of such particles; identifies effectiveness of mitigation measures. In Committee 03/11/2025
S06370 Requires the commissioner of transportation to submit a biennial twenty-year capital needs assessment report on the physical conditions, operational performance and investment needs of the state's transportation infrastructure to the governor and the legislature. In Committee 03/11/2025
S06373 Requires all vehicles that are capable of traveling over twenty-five miles per hour to be registered and licensed with the department of motor vehicles. In Committee 03/12/2025
S06383 Authorizes covered agencies and authorities to use weigh-in-motion technology to automatically enforce vehicle weight limits on their facilities. In Committee 03/12/2025
S06384 Relates to reporting on the metropolitan transportation authority's state of good repair; requires the reporting to be published on the authority's website, outlining the repairs and investments needed to restore the authority's existing transit systems to a state of good repair. In Committee 03/13/2025
S06396 Provides for the placement of a discreet disability designation on non-driver identification cards, drivers' licenses and learners' permits; makes technical and conforming changes. In Committee 03/13/2025
S06402 Authorizes the imposition of a fifty dollar fee on vehicles entering NYC which are registered in states which do not cooperate with New York in the enforcement of traffic infractions through the use of photo-monitoring devices or signal monitoring systems. In Committee 03/13/2025
S06414 Relates to the weigh in motion monitoring systems and the data generated in conjunction with such systems pursuant to a demonstration program on interstate route 278 in Kings county; extends the authorization for such program. In Committee 03/13/2025
S06445 Enacts the "all electric ATVs act"; requires a study to be conducted on the feasibility of installing electric ATV charging stations along all state-maintained trails where use of ATVs is permitted, with the goal to have 100% all electric ATVs within the state by 2035; increases the weight limit of ATVs to 2 thousand pounds dry weight; amends fee schedules for registration of ATVs; directs a portion of funds collected from registration of electric ATVs to be donated to the federal EPA. In Committee 03/14/2025
S06485 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. In Committee 03/14/2025
S06497 Requires fares for paratransit services providing public transportation for eligible individuals with disabilities or health conditions that prevent them from using public buses and subways for some or all of their trips, to be made available at the same fares for individuals with disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize public buses and subways. In Committee 03/14/2025
S06543 Requires motor vehicle dealers to disclose price markups to the purchasers of motor vehicles; provides failure to so disclose shall be grounds for revocation of the dealer's registration and imposes civil liability to purchasers for damages; authorizes the financial frauds and consumer protection unit of the department of financial services to study problematic practices in the price markups of motor vehicle dealers. In Committee 03/17/2025
S06547 Relates to the "Heather D. Heyer act" which increases penalties where a vehicle is used as a weapon in a hate crime and makes it illegal to travel upon a roadway in a vehicle within 1000 feet of a protest. In Committee 03/17/2025
S06552 Requires green lights on municipal snowplows to face in the rear direction; restricts the use of green lights or a combination of green and amber lights on privately-owned vehicles utilized for ice and snow removal; prohibits the use of a device displaying combination green and white flashing lights on privately-owned vehicles utilized for ice and snow removal. In Committee 03/17/2025
S06556 Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles may contract with private companies or public entities to provide lists of driver's license and partial operating records maintained and collected by the department of motor vehicles. In Committee 03/17/2025
S06564 Provides that the fines for traffic infractions and traffic misdemeanors committed in a school traffic control zone are doubled; requires such zones to be marked by a traffic light or stop sign. In Committee 03/17/2025
S06571 Directs the New York state thruway authority to establish an electronic toll collection device for motor vehicles used by farms which grants a discount for use of the thruway. In Committee 03/17/2025
S06572 Allows semitrailers to register as an agriculture trailer. In Committee 03/17/2025
S06582 Authorizes the spouses of certain volunteer firefighters to be issued a distinctive license plate for volunteer firefighters. In Committee 03/18/2025
S06586 Creates a New York state route 878, Nassau Expressway study to evaluate the costs of completing the construction of state route 878 in Nassau and Queens counties; makes related provisions. In Committee 03/18/2025
S06614 Relates to penalties for failure to yield to authorized emergency vehicles; includes fines and possible imprisonment. In Committee 03/18/2025
S06623 Provides that certified handicapped individuals may use an ATV on public land for transportation purposes only, during the hunting season. In Committee 03/18/2025
S06627 Expands the residential parking permit system within the area known as Elmont in the town of Hempstead to include all of Sussex Road. In Committee 03/18/2025
S06657 Increases the weight of certain trailers and semi-trailers driven on public highways from one thousand pounds to one thousand five hundred pounds. In Committee 03/19/2025
S06660 Establishes the failure to pass act restricting driving in a passing lane without overtaking or passing a vehicle and sets penalties for violations. In Committee 03/19/2025
S06697 Relates to establishing the big apple transit authority and the commuter transportation authority for the purpose of providing such authorities with municipal control over the New York city subway system (Part A); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority within the New York city transit authority (Part B); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority; repeals provisions relating thereto (Part C); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority (Part D); relates In Committee 03/20/2025
S06706 Relates to providing a tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers in a county with a population of more than 250,000 and less than 500,000 persons. In Committee 03/20/2025
S06707 Discontinues service fees for distinctive license plates issued to veterans. In Committee 03/20/2025
S06710 Provides for any city, town or village in the state of New York to control the town speed limits. In Committee 03/20/2025
S06711 Authorizes local school districts and municipalities to determine and establish school speed limits. In Committee 03/20/2025
S06715 Relates to owner liability for failure of operator to stop at a stop sign or yield for a pedestrian as required by law in any municipality in the counties of Monroe and Onondaga; provides that such demonstration program shall empower such municipality to install and operate stop sign and pedestrian crossing photo violation monitoring systems which may be stationary or mobile, and which may be installed within the boundaries of such municipality; makes related provisions. In Committee 03/20/2025
S06732 Increases the rate paid by the state to a city for maintenance and repair of highways by the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, as published by the United States department of labor bureau of labor statistics, over the prior five years. In Committee 03/21/2025
S06743 Prohibits smoking tobacco in motor vehicles where a minor less than 18 years of age is a passenger in such vehicle; provides for rebuttable presumption. In Committee 03/21/2025
S06791 Allows snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles to be registered as farm vehicles upon approval by the commissioner. In Committee 03/24/2025
S06793 Enacts the community gridlock prevention act, which requires all land use actions to include an intersection and response time of emergency services impact study in addition to any existing requirements for an environmental assessment statement or an environmental impact statement. In Committee 03/24/2025
S06796 Exempts school buses from central business district tolls. In Committee 03/24/2025
S06815 Provides that it shall be a defense to any prosecution for a violation of a bus lane restriction pursuant to a bus rapid transit program when an employee of the metropolitan transportation authority is performing authorized duties on behalf of such authority and is operating an authorized employer motor vehicle in the bus lane at the time of the violation and conducting lawful business or providing service to an official metropolitan transportation authority vehicle or personnel while in a bus l Crossed Over 03/25/2025
S06829 Dedicates a bridge on I-88 in the town of Rotterdam to CW2 John M. Grassia III. In Committee 03/25/2025
S06874 Requires the commissioner of transportation to install and maintain fiber optic utility along all highways and thruways in the state for access to fiber optic and broadband services. In Committee 03/25/2025
S06875 Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in consultation with the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, to allow riders travelling within the limits of the city of New York to pay a fare for commuter rail service equal to that of a MetroCard ride and for such riders to make free transfers. In Committee 03/25/2025
S06876 Provides a fine of one thousand dollars for a person responsible for a trailer or semitrailer parked or left unattended in a city with a population of one million or more; makes certain exceptions. In Committee 03/25/2025
S06881 Requires bus drivers complete a human trafficking recognition training program which includes the nature of human trafficking; how human trafficking is defined in law; how to identify someone who is human trafficking; how to identify someone who is a human trafficking victim; and entities to whom a driver may report suspected activity that might constitute human trafficking. In Committee 03/25/2025
S06894 Limits the number of certificates of registration that may be issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles to five total; provides that certificates issued prior to 1/1/25 shall not be eligible for renewal. In Committee 03/26/2025
S06930 Dedicates a portion of the state and local highway system constituting route thirty-five to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients. In Committee 03/27/2025
S06935 Prohibits municipalities from transferring primary investigating authority of vehicle collisions that result in serious injury or death from the police to a non-law enforcement agency. In Committee 03/27/2025
S06938 Allows for paratransit eligible for paratransit eligible individuals who are at least eighty years old, to be required only to present correspondence from a licensed physician, dated within the preceding thirty days, indicating that the paratransit service is still necessary for the individual to make a single application for paratransit services; provides that once approved, such individuals shall be exempt from all certification requirements. In Committee 03/27/2025
S06952 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system including the bridge on the South Service Road, between Federal Circle and Perimeter Road Overpass, crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in Jamaica to Port Authority Police Officers Arthur M. Ansert Jr. and William J. Leahy. Crossed Over 03/27/2025
S06976 Establishes the New York road salt reduction council and the New York road salt reduction advisory committee to provide a mechanism for interagency cooperation and coordination to implement the recommendations of the report of the Adirondack road salt reduction task force. Crossed Over 03/27/2025
S06979 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Babylon, county of Suffolk, to "De La Soul". In Committee 03/27/2025
S07002 Designates a portion of interstate eighty-seven as the "General Colin Powell Thruway". In Committee 03/28/2025
S07026 Expands eligibility for participation in the pre-licensing course internet pilot program; extends such provisions of law from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2030. In Committee 03/28/2025
S07027 Adds an additional two non-voting members to the metropolitan transportation authority board, one who is the police chief of the MTA police department and the other who is chosen by the labor organization representing the majority of employees of the police department of the authority. In Committee 03/28/2025
S07032 Provides qualified homeless individuals non-driver state identification cards if there is proof provided that such individual is in fact homeless. Crossed Over 03/28/2025
S07038 Relates to distinctive license plates issued to gold star mothers; permits gold star mothers to retain one keepsake plate as a commemorative item after distinctive plates are surrendered. In Committee 03/31/2025
S07085 Permits a violation captured by a speed camera to be dismissed upon the application of the person alleged to be liable for such violation if any information that is required to be inserted in the notice of liability is omitted from such notice of liability, misdescribed or illegible. In Committee 04/01/2025
S07093 Requires a person issued a driver's license or permit to report the instance of a medically diagnosed seizure to the commissioner of motor vehicles within sixty days of such seizure. In Committee 04/01/2025
S07095 Allows vehicles bearing Purple Heart and disabled veteran plates to park in handicapped parking spaces. In Committee 04/01/2025
S07107 Establishes a distinctive plate honoring recipients of the Girl Scout Gold Award for which the regular registration fee will apply plus an initial one time service charge of $25. In Committee 04/01/2025
S07120 Enacts the "New York land-home property act"; relates to manufactured homes certificate of title and the conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property. Crossed Over 04/01/2025
S07155 Directs the issuance of special number and distinctive license plates for military service members and members of veterans organizations without payment of service charges or renewal fees. In Committee 04/02/2025
S07164 Authorizes seniors and persons with mobility impairment to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation during ice fishing season. In Committee 04/03/2025
S07189 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to "Port Authority police officer Frederick G. Maley" in the hamlet of North Bellmore, town of Hempstead, county of Nassau. Crossed Over 04/03/2025
S07191 Authorizes the parent or guardian of a severely disabled person to register a motor vehicle used for transporting a person with disabilities. Crossed Over 04/03/2025
S07194 Authorizes the village of Round Lake, county of Saratoga to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to stop for a stop sign in such village. In Committee 04/03/2025
S07199 Authorizes a municipality to adopt a local law or ordinance to establish a program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to install and operate stop sign and pedestrian crossing photo violation monitoring systems. In Committee 04/03/2025
S07200 Relates to vintage snowmobile registrations for snowmobiles manufactured more than thirty years prior. Crossed Over 04/03/2025
S07254 Requires milled roads within a city having a population of one million or more be paved over or resurfaced within seventy-two hours of such road being milled. In Committee 04/07/2025
S07267 Allows certain defenses to parking violations despite entering of a default judgment. In Committee 04/07/2025
S07276 Provides for distinctive plates for gold star families, including gold star parents, as defined in 10 USC 1126, or children of a gold star parent, and their spouses. In Committee 04/08/2025
S07278 Requires certain public authorities to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program between August first, two thousand twenty-five and December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five for cashless tolls collected between April twenty-third, two thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth, two thousand twenty-five. In Committee 04/08/2025
S07295 Requires that food services at transportation facilities and rest areas owned and operated by certain public authorities remain open seven days a week. In Committee 04/09/2025
S07298 Increases width and weight of the description specifics for an all terrain vehicle. In Committee 04/09/2025
S07319 Requires the port authority of New York and New Jersey to acquire an economic impact statement by an independent contractor at least 30 days prior to increasing bridge and tunnel tolls. In Committee 04/10/2025
S07336 Permits the use of photo speed violation monitoring systems in New York city for the purposes of enforcement of license plate obstruction, concealment, and/or distortion; extends provisions permitting the use of speed cameras in certain school zones. In Committee 04/10/2025
S07346 Relates to sanctions for driving while ability impaired while holding a conditional license. In Committee 04/10/2025
S07349 Requires applicants for the renewal of a driver's license to prove they have acceptable vision to operate a motor vehicle. In Committee 04/10/2025
S07354 Prohibits the parking of a vehicle greater than sixty inches in height within fifteen feet of an intersection. In Committee 04/10/2025
S07362 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting state route three hundred one from Belden Road to Gipsy Trail Road in the town of Carmel, county of Putman, to John F. McArdle. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/11/2025
S07366 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Babylon, county of Suffolk, to Detective Thomas Inman. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/11/2025
S07374 Relates to operation of an all-terrain vehicle by a minor on public or private property; requires a helmet on private and public property. In Committee 04/11/2025
S07380 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Major Andrew D. Byers on state route 324 in the town of Clarence. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/11/2025
S07392 Provides for the sale of salvaged airbags; allows for the sale of non-deployed recycled airbags in New York, provided that such airbags meet required safety standards. In Committee 04/14/2025
S07393 Permits the designation of low volume roads and minimum maintenance roads by town boards; enacts provisions relating to the maintenance, improvement and repair of such roads; removes the limitation that such provisions only apply to a designated town. In Committee 04/14/2025
S07400 Establishes used motor vehicle dealer training programs to educate dealers on topics such as consumer protection and sales and use tax collection; permits trade organizations to apply to conduct training programs. In Committee 04/15/2025
S07404 Establishes the offense of aggravated reckless driving which involves harm to an identifiable person or property; makes such offense bail-eligible. In Committee 04/15/2025
S07422 Authorizes additional traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring devices at no more than one intersection located on the Saw Mill River parkway within the village of Pleasantville, county of Westchester, upon approval from the state department of transportation. Crossed Over 04/15/2025
S07449 Relates to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within such city. In Committee 04/16/2025
S07465 Replaces each instance of the word accident with the word crash in relation to the vehicle and traffic law. In Committee 04/17/2025
S07487 Modernizes the access-a-ride program's application process by creating an online application process and notifying applicants throughout the process via email. In Committee 04/17/2025
S07500 Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Peekskill. In Committee 04/21/2025
S07520 Prohibits the imposition of time limits or curfews on fares provided to students as part of a student fare program. In Committee 04/21/2025
S07527 Creates a distinctive parking placard to allow midwives to park closer to patients' homes in order to provide quicker access and swift care. In Committee 04/21/2025
S07549 Requires that vehicles yield the right of way to multi-use trails that cross roadways. In Committee 04/22/2025
S07565 Directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the implementation of traffic control devices at intersections with a high volume of visual and hearing impaired pedestrians. In Committee 04/22/2025
S07602 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system constituting route 68 in the city of Ogdensburg, county of St. Lawrence, to Fort de la Presentation. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07607 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lt. Gary A. Scott in the town of LeRoy, county of Genesee. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07608 Provides that any service outside of a city with a population of more than one million, that is designated as a microtransit service shall be eligible for statewide mass transportation operating assistance regardless of vehicle size; defines "microtransit service" to mean a technology-enabled on-demand service with dynamically generated routing that uses a managed fleet of multi-passenger vehicles dedicated to that service. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07609 Provides technical corrections to provisions concerning the adjudication of certain traffic violations. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07610 Requires police reports of traffic accidents to include insurance information for the parties to the accident. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07611 Directs the department of transportation to conduct a study of the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles, by county, in New York state outside of the city of New York; defines accessibility; requires a report to identify any existing local guidelines for accessible vehicles; directs development of benchmarks for increasing wheelchair accessible vehicles. Crossed Over 04/23/2025
S07613 Relates to certain criminal penalties involving required alcohol and drug rehabilitation for driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07621 Authorizes the study of aviation flight operations by the department of transportation; requires reporting. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07625 Establishes a speed zone camera demonstration program in the village of Mount Kisco; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07626 Enacts "Shawn's law"; requires persons driving on a state expressway route, state interstate route, or state thruway route to pull over and seek assistance if their vehicle is unable to exceed thirty-five miles per hour; requires the division of state police to conduct an accident reconstruction and create a report in the case of certain accidents resulting in a fatality. In Committee 04/23/2025
S07628 Exempts horse-drawn carriages or carts from the ban on night riding if they display at least two lighted lamps on the front of the vehicle, one on each side, having light sources of equal power and visible from the front for a distance of at least three hundred fifty feet; at least one lighted lamp on the rear, located between the center and the left side of the vehicle, which shall display a red or amber fixed or flashing light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet; and reflecti In Committee 04/23/2025
S07634 Requires a certificate of compliance issued by the department of environmental conservation certifying that a motor vehicle repair shop located next to a school does not contain a coating line. In Committee 04/24/2025
S07669 Permits villages located in counties with a population between one million and one million five hundred thirty thousand to adopt local laws to implement a demonstration program imposing monetary liability not to exceed fifty dollars on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs; permits such villages to install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems as part of such demonstration program. In Committee 04/28/2025
S07678 Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of White Plains; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030. Crossed Over 04/29/2025
S07679 Relates to the powers and duties of the citizens advisory committee of the MTA and membership on the Long Island Rail Road commuter council, the Metro-North railroad commuter council, and the New York city transit riders council. In Committee 04/29/2025
S07699 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Jack Barletta on state route 208 in the county of Orange. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/30/2025
S07706 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Yorktown, county of Westchester, to Jake Arcara. In Committee 04/30/2025
S07720 Authorizes the issuance of "Blue Star Mother" and "Blue Star Family" distinctive license plates for parents and family members of active duty service members; establishes the "blue star mothers and families support fund". Crossed Over 05/01/2025
S07734 Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to develop and offer number stickers to be used on motor vehicles in the place of number plates. In Committee 05/02/2025
S07747 Requires local community review and approval prior to the implementation of electric scooter programs and installation of electric scooter infrastructure in cities with a population of one million or more. In Committee 05/05/2025
S07760 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Oneida to Officer Michael E. Jensen. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 05/05/2025
S07763 Authorizes people who transport a severely disabled person as an eligible person to receive disabled person plates; defines who qualifies as eligible persons. In Committee 05/05/2025
S07764 Directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to rename Utica Avenue subway station to Malcolm X Boulevard/Utica Avenue train station. In Committee 05/05/2025
S07775 Authorizes a residential parking system in the village of Sleepy Hollow in the county of Westchester. Crossed Over 05/06/2025
S07779 Creates a distinctive license plate for veterans honoring Borinqueneers; defines "veteran" as a person who is a resident of this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States, and was honorably discharged from the armed forces, or has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services In Committee 05/06/2025
S07785 Excludes violations in a cooperative housing development containing Mitchell-Lama housing with no fewer than ten thousand units from bus operation-related traffic regulations. Crossed Over 05/06/2025
S07791 Establishes a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in the village of Croton-on-Hudson; repeals authorization of such program December 31, 2030. Crossed Over 05/06/2025
S07802 Authorizes the town of Yorktown, Westchester county, shall have the ability to install and operate photo speed violation monitoring systems within construction or maintenance work areas that fall within the border or jurisdiction of such municipality; makes related provisions. In Committee 05/09/2025
S07835 Dedicates a portion of state highway 284 in the village of Unionville, county of Orange, to the Appalachian Trail. Crossed Over 05/09/2025
S07861 Authorizes the city of New York to provide for a residential parking permit system to reduce hazards and pollution levels. In Committee 05/09/2025
S07905 Relates to enforcement of toll collection regulations and license plate violations; permits registration suspension, seizure and liens. In Committee 05/13/2025
S07926 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename the Burnside subway station the Burnside-Bronx Community College subway station. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07928 Limits the suspension of an individual's driver's license when an individual takes a certain plea involving participation in certain treatment court programs or the court allowed the individual to withdraw their previously entered plea of guilty, and plead guilty to a lesser charge or the department revoked or suspended the individual's driver's license upon a plea of guilty and at least six months have elapsed since such initial plea. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07931 Provides a non-revenue E-ZPass to every sworn officer of the metropolitan transportation police department; provides for the disposal of such E-ZPass after a police officer leaves the metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07936 Authorizes a surcharge for the issuance of permits relating to the obstruction or closure of a street or pedestrian plaza for construction purposes in a city having a population of one million or more and to the imposition of such surcharge. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07937 Allows individuals to apply to display a symbol on their driver's licenses or state-issued ID cards indicating that the individual has a non-apparent disability to assist law enforcement and emergency personnel in providing appropriate support during interactions. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07942 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in Sullivan county to Lieutenant Roland "The Gator" Ward. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07945 Authorizes the village of East Hampton in the town of East Hampton, county of Suffolk to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07946 Authorizes the village of Quogue in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07947 Permits the village of Southampton located in Suffolk county to adopt local laws to implement a demonstration program imposing monetary liability not to exceed fifty dollars on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator to comply with stop signs; permits such village to install and operate stop sign photo violation monitoring systems as part of such demonstration program. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07948 Authorizes the village of Southampton in the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07953 Relates to school bus stop-arm cameras; makes technical amendments thereto. In Committee 05/14/2025
S07955 Relates to school bus stop-arm cameras and the adjudication of traffic infractions related thereto. Crossed Over 05/14/2025
S07956 Prohibits any motor vehicle with a manufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand one pounds or more which utilizes autonomous vehicle technology from being operated on public highways unless a natural person holding a valid license for the operation of the motor vehicle's class is present within such vehicle. In Committee 05/15/2025
S07968 Requires all individuals who ride upon or operate an electric scooter to wear a helmet that meets standards established by the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles. In Committee 05/15/2025
S07996 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority submit to the legislature and publish on its shared internet website an annual open data plan; requires the MTA to publish all customer surveys and complaint data, incident report data, police incident and arrest data collected by the authority or any of its affiliates and subsidiaries no later than January 1, 2026. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08014 Includes a distinctive mark on a person's driver's license if a person has autism spectrum disorder. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08016 Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or offer for sale of a decorative or facsimile license plate of a size, shape, color and design which is substantially similar to a license plate issued by the department of motor vehicles, such that such decorative or facsimile license plate appears to be a license plate issued by the department of motor vehicles. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08017 Extends the time when the state is liable for damages suffered by any person from defects in state highways to between April 1 and December 1. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08018 Enacts "CJ's law" in relation to increasing the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident without reporting where such accident resulted in the death of a minor to a class C felony punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand nor more than eight thousand dollars in addition to any other penalties provided by law. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08027 Authorizes the town of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed limit of less than 30 miles per hour on certain highways in the community of Lido Beach. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08029 Authorizes the town of Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, to establish a speed limit of less than 30 miles per hour on certain highways in the community of East Atlantic Beach. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08051 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 190th street subway station on the IND Eighth Avenue line to the 190th street - Fort Tryon Park station. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08059 Establishes a blue envelope program for persons with mental health disorders, behavioral disorders and persons who are neurodivergent to be provided with blue envelopes to keep their identification, vehicle registration, and other related documents to improve their safety during law enforcement interactions; requires the municipal police training council to promulgate rules and regulations requiring training and instruction for all police officers with respect to the blue envelope program. Crossed Over 05/15/2025
S08065 Prohibits the possession of an open container of cannabis or cannabis product in the passenger area of certain motor vehicles. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08067 Provides that a vehicle or a combination of vehicles operated by an engine fueled primarily by means of natural gas, propane gas, or hydrogen or powered primarily by means of electric battery power may exceed certain weight limits by up to two thousand pounds. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08075 Requires the disclosure of tariff cost estimates in automobile sales by affixing such to the car window in a clear, conspicuous, and easily understandable manner; provides such requirement can be satisfied by including it on the Monroney label. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08079 Directs the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to implement a toll discount plan for residents of Orange, Rockland, Dutchess and Putnam counties who commute to work in the city of New York while the central business district tolling program is in effect; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08117 Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the county of Oneida; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030. Crossed Over 05/15/2025
S08120 Relates to owner liability for failure of operators to comply with toll collection regulations; requires public authorities to send a notice to owners upon incurring an obligation to pay a toll; provides for the adjudication of such liability and defenses to an allegation of liability; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto. In Committee 05/15/2025
S08224 Dedicates the bridge over the Southern State Parkway on Deer Park Avenue between Parkdale Drive and Sylvan Road in the town of Babylon, county of Suffolk, to "Trooper Gerard B. Kane and Trooper Arthur B. Reddy". In Committee 05/23/2025
S08244 Extends provisions relating to enforcement of support obligations through the suspension of driving privileges. In Committee 05/27/2025