New York S 7611: Directs the department of motor vehicles to create a plan to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles in New York state outside of the city of New York

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S07611 Summary:

BILL NOS07611B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08872-A

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SPONSORBYNOE

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CLEARE, COMRIE, HARCKHAM, KAVANAGH, MARTINEZ, MARTINS, MYRIE, RAMOS, RHOADS, ROLISON,
 WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§159-b & 224-b, V & T L; amd §151, Transp L

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Directs the department of motor vehicles to develop a plan to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles, by county, in New York state outside of the city of New York; defines accessibility; requires a report to identify any existing local guidelines for accessible vehicles; directs development of benchmarks for increasing wheelchair accessible vehicles.

Go to top S07611 Actions:

BILL NOS07611B

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04/23/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/04/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1549

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 7611A

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/02/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

04/02/2026PRINT NUMBER 7611B

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1210

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7611--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BYNOE, MARTINS, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
 portation -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to
 the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged and said bill commit-
 ted to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended
 and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third read-
 ing -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the transportation law,
 in relation to creating a plan to increase the availability of wheel-
 chair accessible vehicles in New York state outside of the city of New
 York

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. This Legislature finds that no uniform
 2 regulations exist across New York state outside of New York city which
 3 define wheelchair accessible vehicles. Despite the need for mobility
 4 services for the disabled population, substantive information on wheel-
 5 chair accessible vehicle standards and the number of such vehicles
 6 available does not exist in each county across New York state outside of
 7 New York City.
 8 As such, this Legislature finds that defining a wheelchair accessible
 9 vehicle, creating a plan for wheelchair accessible vehicles, creating
 10 benchmarks and granting support for counties across New York state other
 11 than New York City, would allow for local authorities to make informed
 12 policies to increase mobility transportation options for individuals who
 13 are reliant on the use of a wheelchair accessible vehicle.
 14 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 15 159-b to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11778-05-6

 S. 7611--B 2

 1 § 159-b. "Wheelchair accessible vehicle". A vehicle, including a taxi-
 2 cab, that has been inspected and approved by the municipal or local
 3 authorizing body as possessing all of the following requirements:
 4 1. Mobility and accessibility
 5 (a) The lift/ramp width shall be thirty inches minimum.
 6 (b) The design load of the lift/ramp shall be at least six hundred
 7 pounds.
 8 (c) Controls for the lift/ramp shall be interlocked with the vehicle
 9 t