| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 04, 2025 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S5945
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 26th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
2025-S5945 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §399-s, V & T L
2025-S5945 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5945
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to restricting
participation in the pre-licensing course internet pilot program
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To mandate that applicants seeking a drivers license who are 25 years or
younger take the five hour pre-licensing course in person with a live
instructor.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Section 399-S of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to provide
that applicants twenty-five years of age or younger will have to take
the five hour pre-licensing course in person with a live instructor.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
2025-S5945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5945
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 4, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 restricting
participation in the pre-licensing course internet pilot program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 399-s of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
section 3 of part ZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
read as follows:
§ 399-s. Pilot program scope and duration. The commissioner shall
conduct a pilot program designed to evaluate utilizing the internet for
delivering an approved pre-licensing course required by subparagraph (i)
of paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section five hundred two of this
chapter, by permitting qualified applicants to participate in the pilot
program from June thirtieth, two thousand twenty to June thirtieth, two
thousand twenty-five. Provided that applicants [for class DJ and class
MJ licenses] TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGE OR YOUNGER shall not be eligible to
participate in such pilot program.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
amendments to section 399-s of the vehicle and traffic law made by
section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section
and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10494-01-5
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