S6815 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides that it shall be a defense to any prosecution for a violation of a bus lane restriction pursuant to a bus rapid transit program when an employee of the metropolitan transportation authority is performing authorized duties on behalf of such authority and is operating an authorized employer motor vehicle in the bus lane at the time of the violation and conducting lawful business or providing service to an official metropolitan transportation authority vehicle or personnel while in a bus lane.
- Title
- Relates to bus lane restrictions in New York city
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- Signed by Governor
- Latest action date
- 2025-12-19
- Introduced
- 2025-03-25
- Same as
- A8292
- Law section
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
Sponsors
- Leroy Comrie State Senator, District 14
Co-sponsors
- Nathalia Fernandez State Senator, District 34
Heard in committee
- Codes NY State Assembly committee
- Transportation NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A8292 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Substituted for
- A8292 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Transportation, 2025-05-13 First reading