New York S 7955: Relates to school bus stop-arm cameras

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S07955 Summary:

BILL NOS07955B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08703-B

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§236, 401, 1174, 1174-a, 1180-e & 1803, V & T L

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Relates to school bus stop-arm cameras and the adjudication of traffic infractions related thereto.

Go to top S07955 Actions:

BILL NOS07955B

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05/14/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1244

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7955A

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.251

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/24/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7955B

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7955--B
 Cal. No. 251

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
 favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
 ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
 its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
 report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
 retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to school bus
 stop-arm cameras

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraph d of subdivision 2 of section
 2 236 of the vehicle and traffic law, subdivision 1 as amended by section
 3 2 of part N of chapter 58 of the laws of 2025, paragraph d of subdivi-
 4 sion 2 as amended by chapter 342 of the laws of 1981, are amended to
 5 read as follows:
 6 1. Creation. In any city as hereinbefore or hereafter authorized such
 7 tribunal when created shall be known as the parking violations bureau
 8 and shall have jurisdiction of traffic infractions which constitute a
 9 parking violation and, any county, town, or village or hereafter author-
 10 ized such tribunal when created shall be known as a traffic-camera
 11 violations bureau, where authorized: (a) to adjudicate the liability of
 12 owners for violations of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred elev-
 13 en of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or ordinance imposing
 14 monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator
 15 thereof to comply with traffic-control indications through the installa-
 16 tion and operation of traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring
 17 systems, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter, or (b)
 18 to adjudicate the liability of owners for violations of subdivision (b),

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13099-03-6

 S. 7955--B 2

 1 (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter
 2 imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary liability
 3 on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply
 4 with such posted maximum speed limits through the installation and oper-
 5 ation of photo speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with
 6 article thirty of this chapter, or (c) to adjudicate the liability of
 7 owners for violations of bus lane restrictions as defined by article
 8 twenty-four of this chapter imposed pursuant to a bus rapid transit
 9 program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for fail-
 10 ure of an operator thereof to comply with such bus lane restrictions
 11 through the installation and operation of bus lane photo devices, in
 12 accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter, or (d) to adjudi-
 13 cate the