---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to certain vehicle equipment violations and fines"
description: "Relates to certain vehicle equipment violations and fines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 784"
citation: "New York S 784 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOUNARDES"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e72b0a50-3392-448b-88a1-b8eb38439580"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S784"
source_hash: "7fd46b58fa7f189a2cddf8e1243e62651261bc87f3e0a4a085a430f966888423"
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 S 784 (2021-2022) — Relates to certain vehicle equipment violations and fines

Relates to certain vehicle equipment violations and fines.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S784&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S784A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S784A)
3. **S784B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S784B)

## Votes

- Finance Vote - Version: A — **20–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–6** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **48–15** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote - Version: A — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOUNARDES — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** PRINT NUMBER 784A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.896
- **2021-05-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-07** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 784B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A471C
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.697
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.527 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e72b0a50-3392-448b-88a1-b8eb38439580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).