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Senate bill · S9431 (2025-26)

Requires instruction on work zone safety awareness as part of the pre-licensing course

Latest action Jun 3, 2026

New York State Senate

Same as A9268, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Sponsor

Jeremy Cooney

State Senator, District 56 · Democratic/Working Families

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Summary

Requires instruction on work zone safety awareness as part of the pre-licensing course; establishes curriculum for the work zone safety component.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 20, 2026. About our data

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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To institutionalize a proactive infrastructure literacy to prevent the rise of collision especially among novice drivers as a way of creating work zone safety awareness by ensuring that the entry-level of licensure is dependent on a demonstrated competency in work zone navigation and a commitment to occupational safety.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Transportation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Transportation · New York State Senate.

Cosponsors

Christopher Eachus, Christopher Ryan and 9 more on Agora

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  • Democratic6
  • Republican5

This bill has cosponsors from more than one party.

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The sponsor's argument

Why Jeremy Cooney says this is needed

This law changes a driver's license from a simple 'permit to drive' into a safety credential most especially entering a high-risk workspace. By adding 30 minutes of targeted training, we tend to proactively close the experience gap that often leads new drivers to freeze or make mistakes when road layouts suddenly change. Instead of just following rules, new drivers will now learn to respect the highway as a workspace for construction crews. This ensures that before anyone gets behind the wheel, they understand that their right to use the road depends on their ability to protect the people working on it.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateJun 3, 2026Result: passed

    (61) (0) (0) (2)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Transportation

    Senate TransportationMay 19, 2026Result: passed

    (12) (0) (0) (1)

Full history

  1. Jun 3, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  2. Jun 3, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  3. Jun 3, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    NY Assembly

  4. May 21, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  5. May 20, 2026

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

Show full history (4 earlier events)
  1. May 19, 2026

    1ST Report CAL.1276

    1ST REPORT CAL.1276

    NY Senate

  2. Mar 11, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    NY Senate

  3. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    NY Assembly

  4. Nov 21, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    NY Assembly