New York A 9201: 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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A09201 Summary:

BILL NOA09201 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORConrad

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COSPNSRMcDonald, Yeger, Kassay, Kay, Simon, Lunsford

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1242, Art 34 Art Head, add §§1290, 123-a & 1244, V & T L

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Prohibits sellers of bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and motor-driven cycles from selling to persons less than sixteen years of age; requires valid proof of age at the point of purchase; establishes licensing requirements for bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and motor-driven cycles that can exceed twenty-eight miles per hour.

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BILL NOA09201 

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11/03/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9201

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 November 3, 2025
 ___________

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

 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
 motor-driven cycles

 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 two new subdivisions 14 and 15 to read as follows:
 3 14. No person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the busi-
 4 ness of selling bicycles with electric assist shall sell any bicycle
 5 with electric assist to any person less than sixteen years of age. Valid
 6 proof of age shall be required at the point of purchase.
 7 15. No person shall purchase a bicycle with electric assist that can
 8 exceed twenty-eight miles per hour unless such purchaser is a holder of
 9 a valid class D, DJ, M or MJ license at the point of purchase.
 10 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 11 1290 to read as follows:
 12 § 1290. Additional provisions applicable to electric scooters. 1. No
 13 person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the business of
 14 selling electric scooters shall sell an electric scooter to any person
 15 less than sixteen years of age. Valid proof of age shall be required at
 16 the point of purchase.
 17 2. No person shall purchase an electric scooter that can exceed twen-
 18 ty-eight miles per hour unless such purchaser is a holder of a valid
 19 class D, DJ, M or MJ license at the point of purchase.
 20 § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 21 123-a to read as follows:
 22 § 123-a. Motor-driven cycle. Every motor-driven cycle having:
 23 (a) a seat or saddle for the use of the operator;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13960-01-5

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 1 (b) two or three wheels in contact with the ground;
 2 (c) an internal combustion engine, or electric, solar or hybrid motor
 3 which will propel the motor-driven cycle unassisted at a maximum speed
 4 no greater than thirty miles per hour. If such motor-driven cycle is
 5 equipped with an internal combustion engine, such engine's piston or
 6 rotor displacement shall not exceed fifty cubic centimeters. A motor-
 7 driven cycle shall be a limited use motorcycle or motorcycle when oper-
 8 ated at speeds in excess of thirty miles per hour; and
 9 (d) a direct or automatic power drive system which requires no clutch
 10 or gear shift operation by the operator after the drive system is
 11 engaged with the engine or motor.
 12 § 4. The article heading of article 34 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 13 as amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new
 14 section 1244 is added to read as follows:
 15 OPERATION OF BICYCLES [AND], PLAY DEVICES
 16 AND MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES
 17 § 1244. Motor-driven cycle provisions. 1. No person, firm, association
 18 or corporation engaged in the business of selling motor-driven cycles
 19 shall sell a motor-driven cycle to any person less than sixteen years of