---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program"
description: "Provides for the transfer of a portion of fines issued for illegally passing a school bus to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program for the study and promotion of issues involving school bus safety; establishes a school bus motorist education fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4661"
citation: "New York S 4661 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69978ecf-c058-48e7-a13e-24a714cbb436"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4661"
source_hash: "23e197758e77c0ec8133c2f0368ef6a743c7e81b0beb2e34a9d5583e285362da"
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 4661 (2021-2022) — Relates to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program

Provides for the transfer of a portion of fines issued for illegally passing a school bus to the comprehensive school bus driver safety training program for the study and promotion of issues involving school bus safety; establishes a school bus motorist education fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4661&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.909
- **2021-05-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7330
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.373
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.536 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69978ecf-c058-48e7-a13e-24a714cbb436`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).