A116 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Establishes a bicycle and electric scooter operator's safety manual; provides for the issuance of a license for residents who successfully read and comprehend the operator's safety manual; requires residents who operate an electric scooter in New York City to have a license to operate such devices; requires instruction in electric scooter safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course; requires liability insurance for electric scooters in cities having a population of one million or more; prohibits the sale of an electric scooter to a purchaser unless the purchaser has a license to operate the electric scooter and has insurance in a city having a population of one million or more.
- Title
- Establishes an electric scooter operator's safety manual, licensing requirement and insurance requirement
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Transportation
- Introduced
- 2024-12-20
- Same as
- S5801
- Law section
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
Sponsors
- John Zaccaro, Jr. Assembly Member, District 80
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Transportation NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S5801 (2025-26 session) NY State bill