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NY S 2500

in committee

Requires every school bus to be equipped with a stop-arm on each side

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 2500 pass?

Not yet. NY S 2500 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

What is NY S 2500 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY S 2500?

Andrew Gounardes is the primary sponsor of NY S 2500.

Description

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.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Andrew Gounardesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-21

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9143not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2570not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6339

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S2500?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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