New York S 9360: Prohibits sellers of ebikes, escooters, motor-driven cycles from selling to persons less than sixteen years of age and establishes licensing requirements

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S09360 Summary:

BILL NOS09360A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORZELLNER

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COSPNSRSCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1242, 2261 & 1800, add §1290, V & T L

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Prohibits sellers of bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and limited use motorcycles from selling to persons less than sixteen years of age; requires valid proof of age at the point of purchase; establishes penalties for violations of this requirement.

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BILL NOS09360A

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03/05/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

06/02/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

06/02/2026PRINT NUMBER 9360A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9360--A

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. ZELLNER, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Transportation -- 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 requiring
 all persons less than sixteen years of age to provide proof of age for
 the purchase of bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and
 class A and class B limited use motorcycles; and establishing penal-
 ties therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1242 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
 3 11-a. No person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the busi-
 4 ness of selling or leasing bicycles with electric assist shall sell or
 5 lease any bicycle with electric assist to any person less than sixteen
 6 years of age. Valid proof of age shall be required at the point of
 7 purchase.
 8 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 9 1290 to read as follows:
 10 § 1290. Additional provisions applicable to electric scooters. No
 11 person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the business of
 12 selling or leasing electric scooters shall sell or lease an electric
 13 scooter to any person less than sixteen years of age. Valid proof of age
 14 shall be required at the point of purchase.
 15 § 3. Section 2261 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
 16 a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 17 7. Sale of class A and class B limited use motorcycles to minors
 18 prohibited. No person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the
 19 business of selling limited use motorcycles shall sell a class A limited
 20 use motorcycle or class B limited use motorcycle, as defined by section
 21 one hundred twenty-one-b of this chapter, to any person less than
 22 sixteen years of age. Valid proof of age shall be required at the point
 23 of purchase.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13960-02-6

 S. 9360--A 2

 1 § 4. Section 1800 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision (j) to read as follows:
 3 (j) Any person, firm, association, or corporation convicted of violat-
 4 ing subdivision eleven-a of section twelve hundred forty-two of this
 5 chapter or section twelve hundred ninety of this chapter, shall, for a
 6 first offense thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than two
 7 hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. For a conviction of
 8 a second violation, both of which were committed within eighteen months,
 9 such person, firm, association or corporation shall be punished by a
 10 fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand
 11 dollars. For a conviction of a third violation and all subsequent
 12 violations, all of which were committed within a period of eighteen
 13 months, such person, firm, association or corporation shall be punished
 14 by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than one thou-
 15 sand five hundred.
 16 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law. Effective immediately