Assembly Bill A6797

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Permits animal-drawn vehicles to equip and use amber flashing lights

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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-A6797 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1904
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §376, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7588, S7016

2025-A6797 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits animal-drawn vehicles to equip and use amber flashing lights; does not apply to such vehicles in a city with a population of one million or more.

2025-A6797 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6797
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PALMESANO, SIMPSON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  permitting
   animal-drawn vehicles to equip and use amber flashing lights
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 376 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  ANIMAL-DRAWN  VEHICLES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH, AND
 TO OPERATE, AMBER FLASHING LIGHTS OF THE KIND USED  BY  HAZARD  VEHICLES
 WHILE  IN USE AND WHILE PARKED. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 NOT APPLY IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04857-01-5

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