Requires the division of criminal justice to create and disseminate to police departments a video on bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    February 12, 2026
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        Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division
          of  criminal justice to create and disseminate to police departments a
          video on bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 837 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 25 to read as follows:
     3    25.  IN  COOPERATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE
     4  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, CREATE AND DISSEMINATE TO  POLICE  DEPART-
     5  MENTS  A  VIDEO  ON BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.
     6  SUCH VIDEO SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING  INFORMA-
     7  TION:
     8    (A)  LEGAL  CLASSIFICATION  AND  DEFINITIONS OF BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC
     9  ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, INCLUDING A VISUAL BREAKDOWN OF CLASSES OF
    10  BICYCLES WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AND SCOOTERS, AND COMMON MISIDENTIFICATION
    11  ISSUES, SUCH AS THROTTLE VERSUS PEDAL-ASSIST;
    12    (B) WHERE SUCH DEVICES MAY LEGALLY OPERATE, INCLUDING ADDRESSING OPER-
    13  ATION ON STREETS, BICYCLE LANES, AND SIDEWALKS, IN PARKS AND ON  SHARED-
    14  USE PATHS, AND LOCAL OPT-OUT RULES;
    15    (C)  SPEED LIMITS AND ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE, INCLUDING WHEN SPEED MEAS-
    16  UREMENT IS REQUIRED VERSUS WHEN OBSERVATIONAL ENFORCEMENT IS PERMISSIBLE
    17  AND THE LEGAL IMPORTANCE OF SPEED VERSUS THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE;
    18    (D) HELMET AND AGE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING WHEN STOPS OR  THE  ISSUING
    19  OF A SUMMONS IS APPROPRIATE AND WHEN WARNINGS OR EDUCATION IS PREFERRED;
    20  AND
    21    (E)  A  REVIEW OF LEGAL OPERATION OF SUCH DEVICES, INCLUDING RIDING IN
    22  BICYCLE LANES, USING PEDAL-ASSIST, AND LAWFUL DEVICES OPERATING  WITHOUT
    23  REGISTRATION OR INSURANCE.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14612-01-6