New York A 9268: Requires instruction on work zone safety awareness as part of the pre-licensing course

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A09268 Summary:

BILL NOA09268 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09431

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SPONSORSteck

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COSPNSRSimon, Eachus, Shimsky, McMahon, Burroughs, Durso, DeStefano, Slater

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §502, V & T L

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Requires instruction on work zone safety awareness as part of the pre-licensing course; establishes curriculum for the work zone safety component.

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BILL NOA09268 

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11/21/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9268

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 21, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 instruction on work zone safety awareness as part of the pre-licensing
 course

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c-2) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the
 2 vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 585 of the laws of 2002, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (c-2) "Work Zone Safety" awareness component. (i) The commissioner
 5 shall provide in the pre-licensing course, set forth in paragraph (b) of
 6 this subdivision, a mandatory component in "Work Zone Safety" awareness
 7 education, totaling no less than thirty minutes, as a prerequisite for
 8 obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle.
 9 (ii) The purpose of the component is to educate prospective licensees
 10 on:
 11 (A) the potential dangers to construction workers, construction equip-
 12 ment operators and operators of motor vehicles in a highway work
 13 zone[.];
 14 (B) the legal obligation to yield the right of way and exercise
 15 reasonable care in the approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, as
 16 set forth in section eleven hundred forty-four of this chapter;
 17 (C) the legal obligation to exercise due care to avoid colliding with
 18 a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle, hazard vehi-
 19 cle, vehicle displaying a blue or green light or certain other motor
 20 vehicles, as set forth in section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 21 chapter; and
 22 (D) the consequences of violations, including those captured by auto-
 23 mated work zone speed enforcement systems.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14081-01-5

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 1 (iii) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "work zone" shall
 2 include "work area" as defined by section one hundred [sixty] sixty-one
 3 of this chapter, and "restricted highway" as authorized in section
 4 sixteen hundred twenty-five of this chapter.
 5 [(ii)] (iv) The commissioner shall establish a curriculum for the
 6 "Work Zone Safety" component which shall include but not be limited to:
 7 (A) instruction [describing the potential hazards of driving through a
 8 work zone, whether or not work, maintenance or other related
 9 construction is being undertaken therein, and information on the
 10 provisions of law relating to driving within a work zone and sanctions
 11 for violations of such provisions, including speeding in a work zone] on
 12 the identification and navigation of highway construction and mainte-
 13 nance zones;
 14 (B) education topics, including, but not limited to, signage, flagging
 15 operations, barriers, lane shifts, and variable speed limits;
 16 (C) education on the legal obligation to yield the right of way and
 17 exercise reasonable care in the approach of an authorized emergency
 18 vehicle, as set forth in section eleven hundred forty-four of this chap-
 19 ter, and penalties for noncompliance;
 20 (D) education on the legal obligation to exercise due care to avoid
 21 colliding with a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehi-
 22 cle, hazard vehicle, vehicle displaying a blue or green light or certain
 23 other motor vehicles, as set forth in section eleven hundred
 24 forty-four-a of this chapter, and penalties for noncompliance;
 25 (E