New York A 5446: Relates to high-speed electric personal assistive mobility devices

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A05446 Summary:

BILL NOA05446 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd V & T L, generally; add §92-kk, St Fin L; amd §806-a, Ed L

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Relates to the registration and operation of high-speed electric personal assistive mobility devices.

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BILL NOA05446 

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02/14/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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

Go to topA05446 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5446

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the state finance law and
 the education law, in relation to high-speed electric personal assis-
 tive mobility devices

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

 1 Section 1. Section 114-d of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 chapter 365 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 114-d. Electric personal assistive mobility device. Every self-ba-
 4 lancing, one wheeled or two non-tandem wheeled device designed to trans-
 5 port one person by means of an electric propulsion system with an aver-
 6 age output of not more than seven hundred fifty watts (one horsepower),
 7 and the maximum speed of which on a paved level surface, when propelled
 8 solely by its electric propulsion system while ridden by an operator
 9 weighing one hundred seventy pounds, is less than [twelve and one-half]
 10 twenty miles per hour.
 11 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 12 114-f to read as follows:
 13 § 114-f. High-speed electric personal assistive mobility device. Every
 14 self-balancing, one wheeled or two tandem or non-tandem wheeled device
 15 designed to transport one person by means of an electric propulsion
 16 system that exceeds twenty miles per hour on a paved level surface, when
 17 propelled solely by its electric propulsion system while ridden by an
 18 operator weighing less than one hundred seventy pounds.
 19 § 3. Section 121-c of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 20 ter 931 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
 21 § 121-c. Limited use vehicle. A motor vehicle, other than one regis-
 22 tered or capable of being registered pursuant to sections four hundred
 23 one [or], four hundred ten, or four hundred fourteen of this chapter,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08415-01-5

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 1 which has a maximum performance speed of not more than forty miles per
 2 hour, as defined in section one hundred twenty-two-b of this chapter.
 3 § 4. Section 204 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter
 4 464 of the laws of 1960, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 204. Subpoenaing hearing referees. No officer or employee of the
 6 department of motor vehicles who has conducted a hearing concerning an
 7 owner or operator of a motor vehicle, high-speed electric personal
 8 assistive mobility device, or motorcycle shall be required to appear in
 9 any court as a witness in a civil action in which such owner or operator
 10 is a party except pursuant to a subpoena signed by a judge of a court of
 11 record, or a judge of the court in which the action is pending, issued
 12 upon an application to such judge after, at least, one day's notice to
 13 the commissioner or a deputy commissioner of motor vehicles.
 14 § 5. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new article
 15 12-E to read as follows:
 16 ARTICLE 12-E
 17 EQUIPMENT OF HIGH-SPEED ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES
 18 Section 399-aa. Design and manufacture.
 19 399-bb. Turning indicators.
 20 399-cc. Bells.
 21 399-dd. Pedestrian safety standards.
 22 399-ee. Prohibited chargers.
 23 399-ff. Operator's manual.
 24 399-gg. Law governing disputes over design, manufacture, and
 25 safety.
 26 § 399-aa. Design and manufacture. Other than the special provisions
 27 under this article, a