STATE OF NEW YORK
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9038--A
IN SENATE
January 27, 2026
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Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
tion -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the
"take the wheel act" requiring a driver be present in all motor vehi-
cles operated for hire
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 the "take the wheel act".
3 § 2. Subdivision 23 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 23. Every motor vehicle operated for hire upon the public highways of
6 this state: (a) shall be equipped with handles or other devices which
7 shall permit the door or doors to the passenger compartment to be readi-
8 ly opened from the interior of the vehicle; and (b) shall not be a vehi-
9 cle operated by an automated driving system without a human driver phys-
10 ically present in such vehicle, seated behind the steering wheel and
11 engaged in the task of driving.
12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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