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NY A 4793

in committee

Relates to the passing of stopped school buses

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 4793 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4793 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

What is NY A 4793 about?

Relates to the passing of stopped school buses; requires each omnibus having a seating capacity in excess of fifteen children or more to have at least one flashing yellow signal lamp on the front thereof and at least one flashing yellow signal lamp on the rear thereof to indicate that such omnibus shall be stopping momentarily; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a method whereby any violation of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic law shall be issued to the operator of such vehicle and not to the owner of such vehicle; makes related provisions.

Who sponsors NY A 4793?

Eric Brown is the primary sponsor of NY A 4793, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to the passing of stopped school buses; requires each omnibus having a seating capacity in excess of fifteen children or more to have at least one flashing yellow signal lamp on the front thereof and at least one flashing yellow signal lamp on the rear thereof to indicate that such omnibus shall be stopping momentarily; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a method whereby any violation of section 1174 of the vehicle and traffic law shall be issued to the operator of such vehicle and not to the owner of such vehicle; makes related provisions.

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

  • Eric Brownprimary
  • Anil Beephan Jr.cosponsor
  • John K. Mikulincosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-06

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7905not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4793?summary=&detail=

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