---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limits the liability of operators and owners of first-response emergency service vehicles for monetary penalties for certain traffic violations committed while responding to a medical emergency"
description: "Limits the liability of operators and owners of first-response emergency vehicles for monetary penalties for certain traffic violations committed while responding to a medical emergency in a city with a population of one million or more persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8933"
citation: "New York A 8933 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EICHENSTEIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13c28e5-99cb-458b-b1df-cb8344972312"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8933"
source_hash: "6cab9dea70c134d331449d7a4a38a2de5168eded1977e409da0e9c9c373d56dd"
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 8933 (2021-2022) — Limits the liability of operators and owners of first-response emergency service vehicles for monetary penalties for certain traffic violations committed while responding to a medical emergency

Limits the liability of operators and owners of first-response emergency vehicles for monetary penalties for certain traffic violations committed while responding to a medical emergency in a city with a population of one million or more persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8933** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8933&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A8933A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8933A)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- EICHENSTEIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-22** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-22** PRINT NUMBER 8933A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** REPORTED
- **2022-05-31** RULES REPORT CAL.468
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.468
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8031A
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1656
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.407 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c13c28e5-99cb-458b-b1df-cb8344972312`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).