New York S 10054: Requires all persons in a city having a population of one million or more operating a bicycle, electric bicycle or electric scooter to wear a helmet

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S10054 Summary:

BILL NOS10054 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSUTTON

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COSPNSRCHAN, PALUMBO, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§114-f & 1242-b, V & T L

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Requires all persons in a city having a population of one million or more operating a bicycle, electric bicycle or electric scooter to wear a helmet; imposes a civil penalty for violation of such requirement.

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BILL NOS10054 

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04/24/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10054

 IN SENATE

 April 24, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SUTTON -- 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 requiring
 all persons in a city having a population of one million or more oper-
 ating a bicycle, electric bicycle or electric scooter to wear a helmet

 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 section 114-f to read as follows:
 3 § 114-f. Electric bicycle. Every bicycle equipped with fully operable
 4 pedals and an electric motor with an output of less than seven hundred
 5 fifty watts whereby such electric motor engages only when the operator
 6 is pedaling and disengages or ceases to function when such bicycle's
 7 brakes are applied, the operator stops pedaling, or such bicycle
 8 achieves a speed of twenty miles per hour or more.
 9 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 10 1242-b to read as follows:
 11 § 1242-b. Helmet requirement for operators of a bicycle, electric
 12 bicycle or electric scooter in a city having a population of one million
 13 or more. 1. This section is applicable to all persons in a city having a
 14 population of one million or more for the operation of a bicycle, elec-
 15 tric bicycle or electric scooter upon any public highway or any private
 16 road open to public motor vehicle traffic, and within a park or other
 17 area under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of parks and recreation.
 18 2. No person shall operate a bicycle, electric bicycle or electric
 19 scooter unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting the standards of
 20 the American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z 90.4 bicycle helmet
 21 standards), the Snell Memorial Foundation's standards for protective
 22 headgear for use in bicycling, the American Society of Testing and Mate-
 23 rials (ASTM) standards for bicycle helmets, the Safety Equipment Insti-
 24 tute standards for bicycle helmets, or the United States Consumer Prod-
 25 uct Safety Commission standards for bicycle helmets.
 26 3. It is a traffic infraction to violate the provisions of this
 27 section punishable, upon conviction, by a civil penalty of not more than

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01037-01-5

 S. 10054 2

 1 fifty dollars. Such traffic infractions shall be heard and determined in
 2 accordance with article two-A of this chapter. For a violation of this
 3 section by a person less than sixteen years of age, a hearing officer
 4 shall waive the civil penalty for which the parent or guardian of a
 5 person who violates the provisions of this section would be liable if
 6 such parent or guardian supplies proof that between the date of
 7 violation and the appearance date for such violation such parent or
 8 guardian purchased or rented a helmet that meets the requirements of
 9 this section. A hearing officer may waive the civil penalty for which
 10 the parent or guardian of a person who violates the provisions of this
 11 section would be liable if such hearing officer finds that due to
 12 reasons of economic hardship such parent or guardian was unable to
 13 purchase or rent a helmet. A waiver of the civil penalty shall not apply
 14 to a second or subsequent conviction under this section.
 15 4. The parent or guardian of a person less than sixteen years of age
 16 shall be lia