---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides a defense from liability for certain MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city"
description: "Provides a defense from liability for MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city where such MTA vehicles were operated by an employee of the MTA performing authorized duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8810"
citation: "New York S 8810 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leroy Comrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72439cc2-1d37-4e67-8bad-705c5bfe4758"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8810"
source_hash: "d0768686277a0abb5c2902aaff2652491889b1051d7bc2e80eeddb47a23d80a1"
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 8810 (2025-2026) — Provides a defense from liability for certain MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city

Provides a defense from liability for MTA vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in New York city where such MTA vehicles were operated by an employee of the MTA performing authorized duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8810** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8810&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leroy Comrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.35
- **2026-01-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-13** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9512
- **2026-01-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.58
- **2026-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.80 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72439cc2-1d37-4e67-8bad-705c5bfe4758`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).