New York A 494: Relates to reciprocal wine shipping privileges

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A00494 Summary:

BILL NOA00494 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03249

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SPONSORMagnarelli (MS)

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COSPNSRSteck, Levenberg, Shimsky, Lavine, Weprin, Sayegh, Santabarbara, Zinerman, Davila, Hyndman, Reyes,
 McDonald, Romero, Buttenschon, Kay, Colton, Seawright, Burroughs, Griffin

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MLTSPNSRWoerner

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Amd §507, V & T L

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Adds courses at a licensed New York state driving school approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles to the list of driver education providers.

Go to top A00494 Actions:

BILL NOA00494 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

01/21/2026reported referred to ways and means

06/02/2026reported referred to rules

06/02/2026reported 

06/02/2026rules report cal.331

06/02/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.331

06/02/2026substituted by s3249

&nbspS03249 AMEND= COONEY

&nbsp01/24/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

&nbsp02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.360

&nbsp02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp03/10/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp03/10/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp03/10/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/02/2026substituted for a494

&nbsp06/02/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.331

&nbsp06/02/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/02/2026returned to senate

Go to topA00494 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION Chair:Magnarelli 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:25/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means MagnarelliAyeMillerAye

LupardoAyeMcDonoughExcused

SimonAyeDeStefanoAye

WilliamsAyeDursoAye

McMahonAyeGiglioAye

GallagherAyeSlaterAye

MitaynesAyeBendettAye

De Los SantosAyeChludzinskiAye

CunninghamAye

AlvarezAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

EachusAye

BurroughsAye

WrightAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

HooksAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/02/2026AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAbsent

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/02/2026AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesExcusedGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanExcused

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA00494 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00494 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 494

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, STECK, LEVENBERG, SHIMSKY, LAVINE,
 WEPRIN, SAYEGH, SANTABARBARA, ZINERMAN, DAVILA, HYNDMAN, REYES --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to driver
 education

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as separately amended by chapters 229 and 230 of the laws of 2020,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. Driver education. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
 5 article, a class D or class M license, whichever is appropriate, may be
 6 issued to a minor seventeen years of age who has successfully completed
 7 a driver education course approved by the state education department and
 8 the commissioner in a high school or college or approved by the commis-
 9 sioner for a course at a licensed New York state driving school and who
 10 has submitted proof of completion of the minimum hours of supervised
 11 driving as required in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section five
 12 hundred two of this article; provided however, the Yeshiva of St