---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to statewide school bus cameras"
description: "Relates to school bus safety cameras; relates to owner liability for failure of operator to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm; authorizes school districts to enter into agreements with municipalities for the installation and use of school bus photo violation monitoring systems; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4950"
citation: "New York A 4950 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAGNARELLI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a1598b-8266-487e-ab88-0b916d323676"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4950"
source_hash: "fa5518357c7f30d6c0d30e699afed97e568dd5806ec5cd8db20ea2680d3ec79c"
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 4950 (2019-2020) — Relates to statewide school bus cameras

Relates to school bus safety cameras; relates to owner liability for failure of operator to stop for a school bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm; authorizes school districts to enter into agreements with municipalities for the installation and use of school bus photo violation monitoring systems; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4950&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A4950A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4950A)
3. **A4950B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4950B)

## Votes

- MOTION:MAGNARELLI; To reconsider — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAGNARELLI — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- LIPETRI — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PHEFFER AMATO — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08** PRINT NUMBER 4950A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-18** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** REPORTED
- **2019-03-19** RULES REPORT CAL.40
- **2019-03-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.40
- **2019-03-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-19** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2019-05-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-07** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-07** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4950B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-13** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-13** RECOMMITTED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4524B
- **2019-05-15** 3RD READING CAL.408
- **2019-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-07-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-06** SIGNED CHAP.145 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58a1598b-8266-487e-ab88-0b916d323676`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).