New York A 9512: Provides a defense from liability for certain MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city

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A09512 Summary:

BILL NOA09512 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08810

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1111-c & 1111-c-1, V & T L (as proposed in S.6815 & A.8292)

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Provides a defense from liability for MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city where such MTA vehicles were operated by an employee of the MTA performing authorized duties.

Go to top A09512 Actions:

BILL NOA09512 

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01/09/2026referred to transportation

01/21/2026reported referred to codes

01/21/2026reported referred to rules

01/21/2026reported 

01/21/2026rules report cal.58

01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.58

01/21/2026substituted by s8810

&nbspS08810 AMEND= COMRIE

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.35

&nbsp01/13/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/13/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/13/2026referred to transportation

&nbsp01/21/2026substituted for a9512

&nbsp01/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.58

&nbsp01/21/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/21/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.80

Go to topA09512 Committee&nbspVotes:

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

LupardoAyeMcDonoughExcused

SimonAyeDeStefanoAye

WilliamsAyeDursoAye

McMahonAyeGiglioAye

GallagherAyeSlaterAye

MitaynesAyeBendettAye

De Los SantosAyeChludzinskiAye

CunninghamAye

AlvarezAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

EachusAye

BurroughsAye

WrightAye

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

HooksAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:18/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookExcusedReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoExcused

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickExcusedRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinExcusedSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09512 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09512 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9512

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing a
 defense from liability for certain MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or
 parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (o) of section 1111-c of the vehicle and traf-
 2 fic law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the vehicle
 3 and traffic law relating to an affirmative defense for bus lane
 4 restrictions in New York city, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
 5 S. 6815 and A. 8292, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (o) It shall be a defense to any [prosecution for a violation of a bus
 7 lane restriction] notice of liability issued to the owner of a metropol-
 8 itan transportation authority vehicle for standing, stopping, or parking
 9 in a bus lane in violation of the applicable provisions of section 4-08
 10 of chapter four of title thirty-four of the rules of the city of New
 11 York pursuant to a bus rapid transit program adopted pursuant to this
 12 section [when an employee of the] that the operator of the vehicle was a
 13 metropolitan transportation authority [is] employee performing author-
 14 ized duties [on behalf of such authority and is operating an authorized
 15 employer motor vehicle in the bus lane at the time of the violation and
 16 conducting lawful business or providing service to an official] involv-
 17 ing a metropolitan transportatio