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NY S 1542

in committee

Requires persons the ages of 16 or 17 to wear a helmet when riding a class one or class two bicycle with electric assist

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1542 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1542 is in committee as of 2026-06-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-05): COMMITTED TO RULES

What is NY S 1542 about?

Requires persons the ages of 16 or 17 to wear a helmet when riding a class one or class two bicycle with electric assist.

Who sponsors NY S 1542?

Rachel May is the primary sponsor of NY S 1542, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires persons the ages of 16 or 17 to wear a helmet when riding a class one or class two bicycle with electric assist.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-05 — COMMITTED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rachel Mayprimary
  • Patricia Fahycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-05

    1ST REPORT CAL.934

  4. 2026-05-06

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  5. 2026-05-07

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  6. 2026-06-05

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Transportation Vote

    2026-05-05 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Monica Martinez: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
    • Joseph A. Griffo: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9037not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 590

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1542?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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