republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-9646.md

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Bill	Relates to seatbelts in a taxi or a livery	Provides that a police officer shall only issue a summons for a violation of failure to wear a seatbelt in a taxi or a livery for minors eight years of age or older but under age sixteen to the parent or guardian, if the violation by such person occurs in the presence of such person's parent or guardian and where such parent or guardian is eighteen years of age or more; relates to safety postings in a taxi or a livery; amends the posting to say "Seatbelts must be available for your use. You must buckle up, it's the law."; further provides that such notices posted within taxis and liveries subject to registration and licensing by cities having a population of one million or more shall also be provided in the top two designated citywide languages; makes related provisions.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	A 9646	New York A 9646 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	MAGNARELLI	1	15	2	2020-01-30	2020-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/35b25947-c4b4-4caf-84c9-6a473963a07a	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9646	18fa5a37847dba4b736bc1dcb8386f6990498979bd9a81f053c8003f4eb5c425	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 9646 (2019-2020) — Relates to seatbelts in a taxi or a livery

Provides that a police officer shall only issue a summons for a violation of failure to wear a seatbelt in a taxi or a livery for minors eight years of age or older but under age sixteen to the parent or guardian, if the violation by such person occurs in the presence of such person's parent or guardian and where such parent or guardian is eighteen years of age or more; relates to safety postings in a taxi or a livery; amends the posting to say "Seatbelts must be available for your use. You must buckle up, it's the law."; further provides that such notices posted within taxis and liveries subject to registration and licensing by cities having a population of one million or more shall also be provided in the top two designated citywide languages; makes related provisions.

Version chain

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

1. A9646 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 137–3 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 61–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• MAGNARELLI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-30 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 REPORTED
• 2020-02-04 RULES REPORT CAL.11
• 2020-02-04 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.11
• 2020-02-04 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-02-04 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2020-02-04 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7623
• 2020-02-10 3RD READING CAL.322
• 2020-02-10 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-02-10 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-04-17 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-04-17 SIGNED CHAP.38 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35b25947-c4b4-4caf-84c9-6a473963a07a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).