New York A 5268: Designates a portion of the state highway system as the Jeremy J. VanNostrand Memorial Highway

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A05268 Summary:

BILL NOA05268 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04678

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SPONSORDeStefano

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §502, V & T L

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Increases driver safety training course requirements for D, M, and MJ license applicants; directs the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles to study the operation and safety of motorcycles, e-bikes, and scooters.

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BILL NOA05268 

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02/12/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5268

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
 "Elijah's law"; and directing the commissioner of the department of
 motor vehicles to conduct a study analyzing the operation and use of
 certain vehicles

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Elijah's law".
 3 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 502 of the vehicle and
 4 traffic law, as amended by chapter 215 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 5 to read as follows:
 6 (c) An applicant for a class D or M license shall be at least eighteen
 7 years of age[, except that an application shall be accepted if the
 8 applicant is at least seventeen years of age and submits]. An applicant
 9 for a class M license must submit acceptable proof of at least ten hours
 10 experience operating a motorcycle under the supervision of a driving
 11 school instructor or other motorcycle safety driving course instructor
 12 approved by the department. An applicant for a class M license must also
 13 submit proof of completion of the New York safety council's defensive
 14 driving course, the motorcycle safety foundation's motorcycle basic
 15 rider course or a similar course approved by the state education depart-
 16 ment and the commissioner. All applicants must submit acceptable proof
 17 of successful completion of a driver education course, approved by the
 18 state education department and the commissioner, and proof of completion
 19 of the minimum hours of supervised driving as required in paragraph (d)
 20 of this subdivision.
 21 § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 502 of the vehicle and
 22 traffic law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 23 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08222-01-5

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 1 (d) An applicant for a class DJ or MJ license shall be at least
 2 sixteen years of age and such applicant must submit written consent to
 3 the issuance of such license by the applicant's parent or guardian. Upon
 4 receipt of withdrawal of such consent, any class DJ or MJ license,
 5 learner's permit or license application shall be cancelled. No class DJ
 6 or MJ license shall be issued unless the applicant presents, at the time
 7 of the road test administered pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision
 8 four of this section, a written certification by the applicant's parent
 9 or guardian: (i) that such applicant has operated a motor vehicle for no
 10 less than fifty hours, at least fifteen hours of which shall be after
 11 sunset, under the immediate supervision of a person as authorized pursu-
 12 ant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subdivi-
 13 sion five of section five hundred one of this article, a driver educa-
 14 tion teacher pursuant to section eight hundred six-a of the education
 15 law or a driving school instructor pursuant to subdivision seven-a of
 16 section three hundred ninety-four of this chapter; and (ii) if such
 17 applicant completed an internet delivered pre-licensing course approved
 18 by the commissioner pursuant to article [twelve-d] twelve-D of this
 19 chapter, that such applicant participated throughout such course. An
 20 applicant for a class