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NY S 9800

in committee

Relates to requiring certain child passengers in a taxi or livery to be restrained by a child restraint system

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 9800 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9800 is in committee as of 2026-04-06 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-06): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

What is NY S 9800 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY S 9800?

Luis R. Sepúlveda is the primary sponsor of NY S 9800.

Description

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.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-06 — REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Luis R. Sepúlvedaprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-06

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8020not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 890not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2265not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9800?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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