---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle, unless such person is restrained by a safety belt"
description: "Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6163"
citation: "New York A 6163 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MOSLEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2020-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ee9240-5e17-4fd1-875c-cb02fb46ed03"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6163"
source_hash: "78a9460fbf1ac916c7336c05ba6a32fdcfecc3944de11b02d932e4e11a383d37"
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 6163 (2019-2020) — Relates to providing that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the back seat of a motor vehicle, unless such person is restrained by a safety belt

Provides that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6163&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **105–39** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **54–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MOSLEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.255
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.232
- **2020-02-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-12** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4336
- **2020-03-03** 3RD READING CAL.352
- **2020-03-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-03-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-08-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-11** SIGNED CHAP.136 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92ee9240-5e17-4fd1-875c-cb02fb46ed03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).