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Assembly Bill A10087A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "take the wheel act" which requires a driver be present in all motor vehicles operated for hire

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2025-A10087 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9038
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L

2025-A10087 - Summary

Requires a driver be present in all motor vehicles operated for hire, seated behind the steering wheel and engaged in the task of driving.

2025-A10087 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10087
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred 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:

   Section 1. Subdivision 23 of section 375 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law is amended to read as follows:
   23.  Every motor vehicle operated for hire upon the public highways of
 this state: (A) shall be equipped with handles or  other  devices  which
 shall permit the door or doors to the passenger compartment to be readi-
 ly opened from the interior of the vehicle; AND (B) SHALL NOT BE A VEHI-
 CLE OPERATED BY AN AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM WITHOUT A HUMAN DRIVER PHYS-
 ICALLY  PRESENT  IN  SUCH  VEHICLE, SEATED BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL AND
 ENGAGED IN THE TASK OF DRIVING.
   § 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

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2025-A10087A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9038
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §375, V & T L

2025-A10087A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a driver be present in all motor vehicles operated for hire, seated behind the steering wheel and engaged in the task of driving.

2025-A10087A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10087--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  REYES,  TAYLOR,  GALLAGHER, LUCAS, MITAYNES,
   COLTON, LASHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
   tation -- 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:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "take the wheel act".
   § 2. Subdivision 23 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   23.  Every motor vehicle operated for hire upon the public highways of
 this state: (A) shall be equipped with handles or  other  devices  which
 shall permit the door or doors to the passenger compartment to be readi-
 ly opened from the interior of the vehicle; AND (B) SHALL NOT BE A VEHI-
 CLE OPERATED BY AN AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM WITHOUT A HUMAN DRIVER PHYS-
 ICALLY  PRESENT  IN  SUCH  VEHICLE, SEATED BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL AND
 ENGAGED IN THE TASK OF DRIVING.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13698-03-6

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