---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a commercial driver's license (CDL) class A young adult training program"
description: "Establishes a commercial driver's license (CDL) class A young adult training program for qualified 18-20 year olds; provides for the repeal of the act if any federal agency or court determines that the act would render the state ineligible for receipt of federal funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6295"
citation: "New York A 6295 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUPARDO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-11-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/accf9f1c-de08-4581-af72-5310991b7f42"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6295"
source_hash: "879a13c42938d1fd759f6136ff2285dd288634a440aee9fc6ce31709475e6566"
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 6295 (2021-2022) — Establishes a commercial driver's license (CDL) class A young adult training program

Establishes a commercial driver's license (CDL) class A young adult training program for qualified 18-20 year olds; provides for the repeal of the act if any federal agency or court determines that the act would render the state ineligible for receipt of federal funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6295&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A6295A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6295A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LUPARDO — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GALLAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MIKULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PALMESANO — cosponsor (person)
- SALKA — cosponsor (person)
- SCHMITT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 6295A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** REPORTED
- **2021-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.580
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.580
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5486A
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1780
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-15** SIGNED CHAP.618 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/accf9f1c-de08-4581-af72-5310991b7f42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).