S8948 • 2025

Relates to lights for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Christopher Ryan
Last action: 2026-05-29
Official status: Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to lights for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters

Relates to lights for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters Requires any person, firm, association or corporation selling or leasing bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in NYS to affix front and rear lights.

What This Bill Does

Relates to lights for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters Requires any person, firm, association or corporation selling or leasing bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in NYS to affix front and rear lights.

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Bill History

2026-05-29 Senate
SUBSTITUTED BY A9209A
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1273
2026-03-24 Senate
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
2026-03-24 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 8948A
2026-01-20 Senate
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Official Summary Text

Relates to lights for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters
Requires any person, firm, association or corporation selling or leasing bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in NYS to affix front and rear lights.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          8948

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 20, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. C. RYAN -- 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  manufactur-
          ers providing bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters with
          lights

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

     1    Section 1. Section 1242 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
     3    14.  NO MANUFACTURER ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF SHIPPING BICYCLES WITH
     4  ELECTRIC ASSIST IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL SHIP ANY BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC
     5  ASSIST  UNLESS SUCH BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST HAS PERMANENTLY AFFIXED
     6  THERETO, A LAMP ON THE FRONT WHICH SHALL  EMIT  A  WHITE  LIGHT  VISIBLE
     7  DURING  HOURS  OF DARKNESS FROM A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED FEET
     8  TO THE FRONT AND WITH A RED OR AMBER LIGHT VISIBLE TO THE REAR FOR THREE
     9  HUNDRED FEET. AT LEAST ONE OF SUCH  LIGHTS  SHALL  BE  VISIBLE  FOR  TWO
    10  HUNDRED FEET FROM EACH SIDE.
    11    §  2. Section 1285 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
    12  a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    13    4. NO MANUFACTURER OF ELECTRIC SCOOTERS SHALL SHIP ANY  SUCH  ELECTRIC
    14  SCOOTERS  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH A LAMP AND RED
    15  LIGHT AS REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13941-01-5