republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-1258.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2017-2018	A 1258	New York A 1258 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	PRETLOW	2	13	2	2017-01-11	2017-10-23	openstates	ocd-bill/f1619b48-016f-4e99-8e34-e77661195b1b	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A1258	689155adfbd0c59bac59090818ab6f856ef768a2688360c67176c7108bfde641	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. A1258 PDF (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote — 58–4 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 141–0 (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; origin ocd-bill/f1619b48-016f-4e99-8e34-e77661195b1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).