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A3536 • 2025

Relates to requiring navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the actual height of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes

Relates to requiring navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the actual height of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes

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Sponsor
Angelo Santabarbara
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to requiring navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the actual height of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes

Relates to requiring navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the actual height of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes Requires navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the legal clearance of bridges or elevated structures along proposed routes.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to requiring navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the actual height of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes Requires navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the legal clearance of bridges or elevated structures along proposed routes.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  2. 2026-05-06 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  3. 2026-05-06 Senate

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

  4. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.111

  5. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    REPORTED

  6. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    RULES REPORT CAL.559

  7. 2025-06-10 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.559

  8. 2025-06-09 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  9. 2025-06-08 Assembly

    REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  10. 2025-01-28 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

Official Summary Text

Relates to requiring navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the actual height of bridges and overpasses along proposed routes
Requires navigation systems which utilize GPS technology to provide the legal clearance of bridges or elevated structures along proposed routes.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3536

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 28, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring navi-
          gation systems utilizing GPS technology to identify the height of  any
          bridge or overpass along a proposed route

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

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  390-f to read as follows:
     3    § 390-F. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM NAVIGATION. 1. NO ELECTRONIC MAP OR
     4  NAVIGATION SYSTEM WHICH UTILIZES GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM  (GPS)  TECH-
     5  NOLOGY  TO  DIRECT THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO A SPECIFIED DESTINA-
     6  TION ALONG A PROPOSED ROUTE OR ROUTES SHALL BE OFFERED FOR USE  OR  SALE
     7  IN  THIS  STATE  UNLESS SUCH MAP OR NAVIGATION SYSTEM PROVIDES THE LEGAL
     8  CLEARANCE OF EACH BRIDGE OR ELEVATED STRUCTURE ALONG  A  PROPOSED  ROUTE
     9  GENERATED  IN  RESPONSE  TO A REQUEST OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A USER.
    10  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "LEGAL CLEARANCE" SHALL  HAVE
    11  THE  SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS USED IN TITLE EIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND
    12  TRAFFIC LAW REQUIRING SIGNS WITH SUCH LEGAL CLEARANCE TO  BE  POSTED  AT
    13  ALL  BRIDGES  AND ELEVATED STRUCTURES ON HIGHWAYS UNDER THE JURISDICTION
    14  OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,  OTHER  STATE  AUTHORITIES,  COUNTY
    15  SUPERINTENDENTS OF HIGHWAYS, TOWNS, CITIES AND VILLAGES.
    16    2.  NO  ELECTRONIC  MAP  OR NAVIGATION SYSTEM SHALL BE IN VIOLATION OF
    17  THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ELECTRONIC  MAP  OR  NAVIGATION  SYSTEM
    18  INCLUDES  ACCURATE AND UPDATED LEGAL CLEARANCE INFORMATION TO THE GREAT-
    19  EST EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND INSTRUCTION,  THROUGH  TERMS  OF  SERVICE  OR
    20  ELSEWHERE ON THE MAP OR SYSTEM, THAT THE DRIVER OR USER SHALL BE RESPON-
    21  SIBLE  FOR  SUCH  DRIVER  OR  USER'S  VEHICLE COMPLYING WITH ALL VEHICLE
    22  HEIGHT AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS OR ALL LAWS OF THE ROAD.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    24  it shall have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06698-01-5