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S05801 Summary:

BILL NOS05801 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00116

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRADDABBO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 12-E §§399-aa - 399-cc, §§1290, 1291 & 1292, amd §§502 & 504, V & T L; amd §5103, Ins L

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Establishes a bicycle and electric scooter operator's safety manual; provides for the issuance of a license for residents who successfully read and comprehend the operator's safety manual; requires residents who operate an electric scooter in New York City to have a license to operate such devices; requires instruction in electric scooter safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course; requires liability insurance for electric scooters in cities having a population of one million or more; prohibits the sale of an electric scooter to a purchaser unless the purchaser has a license to operate the electric scooter and has insurance in a city having a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOS05801 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5801

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
 tion

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
 an electric scooter operator's safety manual and licensing require-
 ment; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 instruction in electric scooter safety as part of the drivers pre-li-
 censing course; to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the insurance
 law, in relation to requiring liability insurance for electric scoot-
 ers in cities having a population of one million or more; and to amend
 the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements for the sale
 and purchase of electric scooters

 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 article 12-E to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 12-E
 4 ELECTRIC SCOOTER SAFETY EDUCATION COURSE AND LICENSE
 5 Section 399-aa. Electric scooter operator's safety manual.
 6 399-bb. License for the operation of an electric scooter.
 7 399-cc. Rules and regulations.
 8 § 399-aa. Electric scooter operator's safety manual. The commissioner
 9 shall develop and publish an electric scooter operator's safety manual
 10 that shall be available for distribution and accessible on the depart-
 11 ment's website. The manual shall include but not be limited to the
 12 following:
 13 (a) an overview of traffic laws governing electric scooters;
 14 (b) the safe operation of electric scooters;
 15 (c) bicycle lanes as defined in section one hundred two-a of this
 16 chapter; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00503-01-5

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 1 (d) obligations to comply with traffic control devices and markings
 2 related to electric scooter operators and pedestrians.
 3 § 399-bb. License for the operation of an electric scooter. 1. Upon
 4 successful comprehension of the electric scooter operator's safety manu-
 5 al, a resident may then make an application to receive a license for the
 6 operation of an electric scooter.
 7 2. (a) An application for such license shall be made to the commis-
 8 sioner and shall require an applicant to furnish proof of identity, age,
 9 fitness and any other information required by the commissioner. Such
 10 application may also require a photographic image of the applicant.
 11 (b) A nominal fee may be prescribed by the commissioner for the issu-
 12 ance, renewal or amendment of a license.
 13 (c) A license shall be valid from the date of issuance until a date of
 14 expiration as determined by the commissioner.
 15 § 399-cc. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate
 16 such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions
 17 of this ar