---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring a child under the age of two in certain circumstances to be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system"
description: "Relates to requiring a child under the age of two in certain circumstances to be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6523"
citation: "New York S 6523 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROBACH"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-31"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/711a42f8-2f34-47d7-aa2b-42c9136200b4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6523"
source_hash: "bc74207bd0147d2855c44efbaa9e55dff73220a1eb96505060b80e97a7de3fc6"
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 6523 (2017-2018) — Relates to requiring a child under the age of two in certain circumstances to be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system

Relates to requiring a child under the age of two in certain circumstances to be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6523 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6523&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6523 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6523)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ROBACH — primary (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-31** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1516
- **2017-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8100
- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.419
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.393 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/711a42f8-2f34-47d7-aa2b-42c9136200b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).