A7254 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides that all passengers of school buses must wear seat belts; exempts school bus attendants and others acting in a supervisory capacity from such requirement; requires that drivers announce "Everybody fasten your seat belts" before a school bus is placed in motion; empowers the commissioner of education to enforce such provisions; assigns a school bus attendant to each special needs student unable to comply with the seat belt requirement.
- Title
- Requires passengers on school buses equipped with seat belts to wear such belts when the bus is in motion
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Transportation
- Introduced
- 2025-03-21
- Same as
- S1061
- Law section
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
Sponsors
- J. Gary Pretlow Assembly Member, District 89
Heard in committee
- Transportation NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S1061 (2025-26 session) NY State bill