---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to safety belt requirements for taxis and livery vehicles"
description: "Requires passengers under 16 to wear safety belts in taxis and livery vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8990"
citation: "New York A 8990 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAGNARELLI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df7d6ce-671d-4405-b67b-45a6a6027140"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8990"
source_hash: "311a259c4bf2b8a80ae3c1dbbe2216748ed141d2e9c32b4163517e23626dfa0c"
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 8990 (2019-2020) — Relates to safety belt requirements for taxis and livery vehicles

Requires passengers under 16 to wear safety belts in taxis and livery vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8990** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8990&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAGNARELLI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** REPORTED
- **2020-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.5
- **2020-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.5
- **2020-01-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-01-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7134
- **2020-01-14** 3RD READING CAL.83
- **2020-01-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-03** SIGNED CHAP.8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7df7d6ce-671d-4405-b67b-45a6a6027140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).