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A10834 Summary:

BILL NOA10834 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06881

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SPONSORMagnarelli

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §509-b, add §509-bbb, V & T L

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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.

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BILL NOA10834 

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04/01/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10834

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 bus drivers complete a human trafficking recognition training program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 509-b of the vehicle and
 2 traffic law, as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, are amended
 3 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
 4 (3) has passed the bus driver physical examination administered pursu-
 5 ant to regulations established by the commissioner; [and]
 6 (4) is not disqualified to drive a motor vehicle pursuant to section
 7 five hundred nine-c or any other provision of this article[.]; and
 8 (5) has completed the human trafficking recognition training program
 9 pursuant to section five hundred nine-bbb of this article.
 10 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 11 509-bbb to read as follows:
 12 § 509-bbb. Human trafficking recognition training program. (a) For
 13 purposes of this section:
 14 (i) "human trafficking victim" shall have the same meaning as defined
 15 in section four hundred eighty-three-aa of the social services law.
 16 (ii) "interagency task force on human trafficking" shall mean the
 17 interagency task force on human trafficking established by section four
 18 hundred eighty-three-ee of the social services law.
 19 (iii) "the program" shall mean the human trafficking recognition
 20 training program established under this section.
 21 (b) The commissioner, in conjunction with the interagency task force
 22 on human trafficking, the commissioner of the division of criminal
 23 justice services and the commissioner of transportation, shall develop a
 24 human trafficking recognition training program. The program may be
 25 developed in conjunction or consultation with any other state, federal,
 26 or non-profit organizations at the discretion of the commissioner. The
 27 program may be conducted through in-person instruction, electronic and
 28 video communication, or online programs.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11107-01-5

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 1 (c) The program shall include, but not be limited to:
 2 (i) the nature of human trafficking.
 3 (ii) how human trafficking is defined in law.
 4 (iii) how to identify someone who is human trafficking.
 5 (iv) how to identify someone who is a human trafficking victim.
 6 (v) entities to whom a driver may report suspected activity that might
 7 constitute human trafficking, including but not limited to the national
 8 human trafficking hotline, which connects victims of human trafficking
 9 to:
 10 (A) relief and recovery options; and
 11 (B) social and legal services.
 12 (d) The commissioner and the commissioner of the department of trans-
 13 portation shall make available a list online of established or approved
 14 human trafficking recognition programs for use by a bus company.
 15 (e) All new employees required under section five hundred nine-b of
 16 this article to complete the human trafficking recognition training
 17 program shall complete such program within their first sixty days of
 18 employment.
 19 (f) The program shall be consider