New York S 10473: Relates to fully autonomous vehicles

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S10473 Summary:

BILL NOS10473 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11500

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title 11-A Art 48-D §§2500 - 2508, §§383-a & 301-c, V & T L

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Authorizes the use of fully autonomous vehicles in Albany and Rensselaer counties until July 1, 2028; provides for operation, licensing, insurance, duties following crashes, on-demand autonomous vehicle networks, registration and titles, operation by human drivers, and related provisions.

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BILL NOS10473 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10473

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fully auton-
 omous vehicles; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
 expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 title 11-A to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 11-A
 4 FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

 5 ARTICLE 48-D
 6 FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING
 7 Section 2500. Definitions.
 8 2501. Operation of fully autonomous vehicles without a human
 9 driver.
 10 2502. Licensing.
 11 2503. Insurance.
 12 2504. Duties following crashes involving fully autonomous vehi-
 13 cles.
 14 2505. On-demand autonomous vehicle network.
 15 2506. Registration and title.
 16 2507. Controlling authority.
 17 2508. Operation of a motor vehicle with an automated driving
 18 system by a human driver.
 19 § 2500. Definitions. For purposes of this article the following terms
 20 shall have the following meanings:
 21 1. "Automated driving system" shall mean the hardware and software
 22 that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving
 23 task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether it is limited to a
 24 specific operational design domain.
 25 2. "Dynamic driving task or DDT" shall mean all of the real-time oper-
 26 ational and tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15911-01-6

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 1 traffic, excluding the strategic functions such as trip scheduling and
 2 selection of destinations and waypoints, and including without limita-
 3 tion: lateral vehicle motion control via steering, longitudinal motion
 4 control via acceleration and deceleration, monitoring the driving envi-
 5 ronment via object and event detection, recognition, classification, and
 6 response preparation, object and event response execution, maneuver
 7 planning; and enhancing conspicuity via lighting, signaling, and gestur-
 8 ing.
 9 3. "DDT Fallback" shall mean the response by the person or human driv-
 10 er to either perform the DDT or achieve a minimal risk condition after
 11 occurrence of a DDT performance-relevant system failure or failures or
 12 upon operational design domain exit, or the response by an automated
 13 driving system to achieve minimal risk condition, given the same circum-
 14 stances.
 15 4. "Fully autonomous vehicle" shall mean a motor vehicle:
 16 (a) with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand
 17 pounds or less;
 18 (b) equipped with an automated driving system designed to function
 19 without a human driver and where lateral vehicle motion control via
 20 steering, longitudinal motion control via acceleration and deceleration,
 21 are automatically controlled; and
 22 (c) equipped with two or more distinct sensing modalities that can
 23 detect and track obstacles in the event of failure of the camera system
 24 so that the automated driving system can continue to avoid obstacles
 25 while bringing the vehicle to a minimal risk condition.
 26 5. "Human driver" shall mean a natural person in a motor vehicle with
 27 a valid license to operate a motor vehicle who controls all or part of
 28 t