---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring seat belts on charter buses for persons age 8 through 16"
description: "Requires that seat belts be available and used on charter buses for persons age 8 through 16."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8557"
citation: "New York A 8557 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Magnarelli"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62bdf0fb-b37a-491b-9c6c-7208c8d64e88"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8557"
source_hash: "803cd551a8768551262b414bdcd408493b8b5c0ccc2fb095199dd013d8763247"
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 8557 (2023-2024) — Relates to requiring seat belts on charter buses for persons age 8 through 16

Requires that seat belts be available and used on charter buses for persons age 8 through 16.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8557** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8557&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **54–7** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Magnarelli — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Steck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** REPORTED
- **2024-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.356
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9361
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1865
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-10-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.434 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62bdf0fb-b37a-491b-9c6c-7208c8d64e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).