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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to seatbelts in a taxi or a livery"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 9646"
citation: "New York A 9646 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAGNARELLI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35b25947-c4b4-4caf-84c9-6a473963a07a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9646"
source_hash: "18fa5a37847dba4b736bc1dcb8386f6990498979bd9a81f053c8003f4eb5c425"
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 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](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9646&term=2019&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **1373** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **610** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35b25947-c4b4-4caf-84c9-6a473963a07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).