Senate Bill S7968

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires all individuals who ride upon or operate an electric scooter to wear a helmet

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S7968 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1286, V & T L

2025-S7968 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all individuals who ride upon or operate an electric scooter to wear a helmet that meets standards established by the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles.

2025-S7968 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7968 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7968
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURRAY -- 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
   all individuals who ride upon or operate an electric scooter to wear a
   helmet

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1286 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  added  by  section  10 of part XX of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   1. No person [sixteen or seventeen years  of  age]  shall  ride  upon,
 propel  or  otherwise  operate an electric scooter unless such person is
 wearing a helmet  meeting  standards  established  by  the  commissioner
 pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  subdivision  two-a  of section twelve
 hundred thirty-eight of this title.  As used in this subdivision,  wear-
 ing  a  helmet  means having a properly fitting helmet fixed securely on
 the head of such wearer with the helmet straps securely fastened.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13050-01-5

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