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legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-1258.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the use of safety belts in taxicabs and liveries"
+description: "Prohibits a person from operating a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; further requires that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front seat of a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; requires the commissioner to approve such safety belts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 1258"
+citation: "New York A 1258 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["PRETLOW"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-11"
+last_action: "2017-10-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1619b48-016f-4e99-8e34-e77661195b1b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A1258"
+source_hash: "689155adfbd0c59bac59090818ab6f856ef768a2688360c67176c7108bfde641"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 1258 (2017-2018) — Relates to the use of safety belts in taxicabs and liveries
+
+Prohibits a person from operating a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; further requires that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front seat of a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; requires the commissioner to approve such safety belts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A1258 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1258&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A1258 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A1258)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **58–4** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- PRETLOW — primary (person)
+- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-11** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-23** REPORTED
+- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.486
+- **2017-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2017-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5749
+- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2133
+- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.340 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1619b48-016f-4e99-8e34-e77661195b1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+