New York S 9038: Changes the maximum number of employees that a minority and women-owned business enterprise may have from three hundred employees to three hundred employees who work thirty or more hours per week

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S09038 Summary:

BILL NOS09038A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10087-A

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRSALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §375, V & T L

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Requires a driver be present in all motor vehicles operated for hire, seated behind the steering wheel and engaged in the task of driving.

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BILL NOS09038A

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01/27/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

03/06/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

03/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 9038A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9038--A

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
 tion -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the
 "take the wheel act" requiring a driver be present in all motor vehi-
 cles operated for hire

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "take the wheel act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 23 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 23. Every motor vehicle operated for hire upon the public highways of
 6 this state: (a) shall be equipped with handles or other devices which
 7 shall permit the door or doors to the passenger compartment to be readi-
 8 ly opened from the interior of the vehicle; and (b) shall not be a vehi-
 9 cle operated by an automated driving system without a human driver phys-
 10 ically present in such vehicle, seated behind the steering wheel and
 11 engaged in the task of driving.
 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13698-02-6

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