STATE OF NEW YORK
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10592
IN SENATE
May 28, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law and the executive law, in
relation to the development of a scannable code that links to trans-
lations of work zone and truss type construction signs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 22 of the transportation law, as added by chapter
2 223 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 22. Work zone safety and enforcement. 1. The department shall, in
4 cooperation with the superintendent of state police, the commissioner of
5 motor vehicles, the [chairman] chair of the New York state thruway
6 authority, local law enforcement agencies and representatives for
7 contractors and laborers, develop and implement rules and regulations
8 for the increased safety of work zones. Such rules and regulations shall
9 include, but shall not be limited to, a police presence at all major
10 active work zones as defined by rules and regulations set forth by the
11 commissioner, the use of radar speed display signs at all major active
12 work zones as defined by rules and regulations set forth by the commis-
13 sioner, and a system for reviewing work zone safety and design for all
14 work zones under the jurisdiction of the department.
15 2. (a) The department shall, in cooperation with the secretary of
16 state and any other state or local agencies the commissioner shall deem
17 necessary, develop a scannable code to be displayed on work zone signs,
18 and signs notifying of truss type construction in compliance with
19 section three hundred eighty-two-a of the executive law. Such code
20 shall, when scanned with a smartphone, tablet, or other similar device,
21 open an internet link on such device that (i) determines the user's
22 location; and (ii) displays the contents of such sign in the most
23 commonly spoken language other than English and Spanish within a ten-
24 mile radius of such user.
25 (b) Beginning one year from the effective date of this subdivision,
26 all work zone signs used in an area where there is residential housing
27 and/or a reasonable expectation of pedestrians shall be printed in
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 English and in Spanish, and shall contain the scannable code developed
2 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
3 (c) For the purposes of this subdivision "user" shall mean the opera-
4 tor of a smartphone, tablet, or other similar device.
5 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 382-a of the executive law, as added by
6 chapter 119 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
7 1. All commercial and industrial structures that utilize truss type
8 construction shall be marked by a sign or symbol in a manner sufficient
9 to warn persons conducting fire control and other emergency operations
10 of the existence of truss construction in the structure. Beginning one
11 year from the effective date of the act which amended this subdivision,
12 such signs shall be printed in English and in Spanish, and shall contain
13 the scannable code created pursuant to subdivision two of section twen-
14 ty-two of the transportation law.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
16 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
17 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
18 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
19 effective date.
