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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the use of safety belts in taxicabs and liveries"
description: "Prohibits a person from operating a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; further requires that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front seat of a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; requires the commissioner to approve such safety belts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 1258"
citation: "New York A 1258 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PRETLOW"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1619b48-016f-4e99-8e34-e77661195b1b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A1258"
source_hash: "689155adfbd0c59bac59090818ab6f856ef768a2688360c67176c7108bfde641"
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 1258 (2017-2018) — Relates to the use of safety belts in taxicabs and liveries
Prohibits a person from operating a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; further requires that no person sixteen years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front seat of a taxi or livery unless restrained by a safety belt; requires the commissioner to approve such safety belts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A1258 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1258&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A1258 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A1258)
## Votes
- Floor Vote — **584** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **1410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- PRETLOW — primary (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-11** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** REPORTED
- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.486
- **2017-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5749
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2133
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.340 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1619b48-016f-4e99-8e34-e77661195b1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).