---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires charter buses to have commercial global positioning system technology"
description: "Requires charter buses to have commercial global positioning (GPS) technology; defines terms; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6321"
citation: "New York S 6321 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-21"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/590fcace-1df1-4648-8687-5b3f5d02b072"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6321"
source_hash: "8bd2ae87eb2aec02cd02dab9e8bc23b8f83ab1213785c8e51aa4fd0d7de1bdf1"
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 6321 (2021-2022) — Requires charter buses to have commercial global positioning system technology

Requires charter buses to have commercial global positioning (GPS) technology; defines terms; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6321&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6321A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6321A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote - Version: A — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** PRINT NUMBER 6321A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.925
- **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 TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4950A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.431
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.473 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/590fcace-1df1-4648-8687-5b3f5d02b072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).