S09038 Summary:
| BILL NO | S09038 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A10087 |
| SPONSOR | SEPULVEDA |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §375, V & T L | |
| Requires a driver be present in all motor vehicles operated for hire, seated behind the steering wheel and engaged in the task of driving. | |
S09038 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9038 IN SENATE January 27, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring a driver be present in all motor vehicles operated for hire The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 23 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law is amended to read as follows: 3 23. Every motor vehicle operated for hire upon the public highways of 4 this state: (a) shall be equipped with handles or other devices which 5 shall permit the door or doors to the passenger compartment to be readi- 6 ly opened from the interior of the vehicle; and (b) shall not be a vehi- 7 cle operated by an automated driving system without a human driver phys- 8 ically present in such vehicle, seated behind the steering wheel and 9 engaged in the task of driving. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13698-01-5