New York A 793: Relates to the operation of autonomous taxicabs in N.Y. city

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A00793 Summary:

BILL NOA00793 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10413

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SPONSORLasher

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COSPNSRCarroll R, Tapia

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §397-d, V & T L

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Provides that no autonomous vehicle may be used for taxi, livery or transportation network company vehicle services in any city with a population of one million or more without first being licensed by the New York City taxi and limousine commission; requires the New York City taxi and limousine commission to establish a license for use of an autonomous vehicle as a taxicab and to promulgate rules regarding such license and the operation of autonomous taxicabs.

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BILL NOA00793 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 793

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
 tion of autonomous taxicabs in a city having a population of one
 million or more

 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 section 397-d to read as follows:
 3 § 397-d. Autonomous taxicabs. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law
 4 to the contrary, no autonomous vehicle may be used for taxi, livery or
 5 transportation network company vehicle services in any city with a popu-
 6 lation of one million or more without first being duly licensed by the
 7 New York city taxi and limousine commission as a taxicab as defined in
 8 section one hundred forty-eight-a of this chapter and section 19-502 of
 9 the administrative code of the city of New York.
 10 2. No autonomous vehicle shall be licensed by the New York city taxi
 11 and limousine commission to provide transportation for hire or prear-
 12 ranged trips, unless and until the New York city taxi and limousine
 13 commission establishes a license for the use of an autonomous vehicle
 14 pursuant to subdivision three of this section. The New York city taxi
 15 and limousine commission shall not license any autonomous vehicle to
 16 provide transportation for hire or prearranged trips unless that vehicle
 17 is a taxicab as defined in section one hundred forty-eight-a of this
 18 chapter and section 19-502 of the administrative code of the city of New
 19 York.
 20 3. Before licensing an autonomous vehicle as a taxicab, the New York
 21 city taxi and limousine commission shall establish a license for use of
 22 an autonomous vehicle as a taxicab and shall promulgate rules regarding
 23 such license and the operation of autonomous taxicabs. In promulgating

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01307-01-5

 A. 793 2

 1 such rules, the New York city taxi and limousine commission shall, at a
 2 minimum, set requirements for the following:
 3 (a) the process for issuing a license to use an autonomous vehicle as
 4 a taxicab;
 5 (b) the issuance of such licenses only to owners of taxicab medal-
 6 lions;
 7 (c) the number of such licenses to be issued and any restrictions on
 8 the number of licenses that may be issued to any one person or entity;
 9 (d) the safety standards for use of an autonomous vehicle as a taxi-
 10 cab;
 11 (e) the insurance required to use an autonomous vehicle as a taxicab;
 12 (f) the reporting to the New York city taxi and limousine commission
 13 of trip and revenue data, including the pickup and drop-off location,
 14 mileage, and fare for each trip;
 15 (g) the vehicle standards for such autonomous vehicles, including
 16 whether the vehicle is a wheelchair accessible vehicle or a low- or
 17 zero-emissions vehicle; and
 18 (h) such other rules as the New York city taxi and limousine commis-
 19 sion considers to be necessary for the safe and orderly use of an auton-
 20 omous vehicle as a taxicab.
 21 4. The New York city taxi and lim