Requires school buses to have windows made from bulletproof or ballistic glass; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles and the commissioner of transportation to establish minimum standards and requirements for bulletproof or ballistic glass used.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
school buses to have windows made from bulletproof or ballistic glass
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 21-k to read as follows:
3 21-k. (a) Every school bus which is owned and operated by a school
4 district or which is privately owned and operated for compensation under
5 contract with such district shall be required to have all windows made
6 from bulletproof or ballistic glass.
7 (b) The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of the
8 department of transportation, shall promulgate rules and regulations to
9 establish minimum standards and requirements for any bulletproof or
10 ballistic glass that is installed on school buses pursuant to this
11 subdivision.
12 (c) For purposes of this subdivision, "bulletproof glass" or "ballis-
13 tic glass" shall mean a strong, transparent material made of laminated
14 layers of glass and tough plastics, such as polycarbonate, designed to
15 resist bullets and other projectiles by flexing, absorbing impact ener-
16 gy, and preventing penetration.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
18 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14443-01-6
