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Senate Bill S9978

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits safety and emission inspections for new motor vehicles that are sold or transferred

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2025-S9978 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §301, V & T L

2025-S9978 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits safety and emission inspections for new motor vehicles that are sold or transferred until the third year after the initial inspection by a dealer.

2025-S9978 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9978
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- 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  the  safety
   and emissions inspections of new motor vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 301 of the vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) The commissioner shall require that every motor vehicle registered
 in this state be inspected once each year for safety, and at least bien-
 nially for emissions as provided for pursuant to paragraph two of subdi-
 vision (d) of this section, and in accordance  with  the  provisions  of
 this  article,  [and]  EXCEPT  that  [every] A NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SOLD OR
 TRANSFERRED FOR USE ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OF  THE  STATE  BY  A  DEALER
 REGISTERED  UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH
 IS INSPECTED AND REGISTERED BY THE  DEALER  UPON  SALE  OR  TRANSFER  AS
 PROVIDED  FOR  HEREIN  SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SAFETY OR EMIS-
 SIONS INSPECTION UNTIL THE THIRD YEAR AFTER SUCH INITIAL  INSPECTION  BY
 THE  DEALER.  EVERY  motor  vehicle  sold  or transferred for use on the
 public highways of this state by a dealer registered under section  four
 hundred  fifteen  of  this chapter to any person other than another such
 registered dealer or transferred for no remuneration by  such  a  regis-
 tered  dealer  to  any  person  other  than to a welfare to work program
 authorized by the New York state department of labor, a private industry
 council, a county or a social services district  for  the  sole  use  of
 public  assistance recipients or applicants participating in the welfare
 to work program to which such vehicle is transferred must  be  inspected
 and  bear  a  valid  certificate  or certificates of inspection prior to
 delivery to the purchaser or transferee. Provided, however, that nothing
 contained herein shall be deemed to exempt any motor vehicle  so  trans-
 ferred  to  a welfare to work program pursuant to the provisions of this
 subdivision from being inspected in accordance with  the  provisions  of
 this  section  or from complying with all other applicable provisions of
 this chapter, including registration and financial  security,  prior  to
 operation on any public highway.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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