---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to adding a \"School Bus Safety\" awareness component to the pre-licensing driver's education course"
description: "Relates to adding a \"School Bus Safety\" awareness component to the pre-licensing driver's education course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2960"
citation: "New York S 2960 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19d058fc-6e20-41d5-bc33-3c2dd708d3f8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2960"
source_hash: "67222a415e809fa8749937de2d5703144a420e2d59ef4b0d6529652a16beec1d"
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 2960 (2019-2020) — Relates to adding a "School Bus Safety" awareness component to the pre-licensing driver's education course

Relates to adding a "School Bus Safety" awareness component to the pre-licensing driver's education course.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2960&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S2960A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S2960A)
3. **S2960B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S2960B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.407
- **2019-04-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-01** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-06** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-06** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2960A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-15** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-20** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 2960B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-29** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A605A
- **2019-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.375
- **2019-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.513 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19d058fc-6e20-41d5-bc33-3c2dd708d3f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).