Assembly BillIntroduced
A 5466: Requires motorcycles to be registered at point of sale.
What A 5466 does, verified April 7, 2026
The "Motorcycle Registration Guarantee Act" requires motorcycles to be registered at the time of sale by a dealer. This registration will take effect and expire on dates determined by the Commissioner. Motorcycles purchased for use outside of the state will not require registration at the time of purchase, and the purchaser must sign a declaration stating they understand the registration requirements and penalties. The dealer will forward the signed declaration to the Commissioner, who will provide the declaration form to each dealer. The act will take effect 180 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5466
- What is the current status of A 5466?
- As of April 7, 2026, A 5466 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to transportation".
- Did A 5466 pass?
- Not yet. A 5466 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5466, and where is it now?
- A 5466 was authored by Asm. Alex Bores with 5 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| Feb. 14, 2025 | referred to transportation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 354 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5466 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring motorcycles to be registered at the time of sale The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "motorcy- 2 cle registration guarantee act". 3 § 2. Section 410 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a 4 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 5 1-a. Registration at time of sale. Every motorcycle, as defined by 6 section one hundred twenty-three of this chapter, sold by a dealer shall 7 be registered at the time of sale of such motorcycle. Such registration 8 shall take effect and expire on dates to be determined by the commis- 9 sioner. Any motorcycle purchased for use exclusively outside of the 10 state of New York shall not require registration at the time of 11 purchase, and the purchaser of such motorcycle shall sign a declaration, 12 provided by the dealer, which shall state that such purchaser under- 13 stands the conditions under which a motorcycle must be registered and 14 the penalty for violation of such registration provisions. Each signed 15 declaration shall be forwarded by the dealer to the commissioner. The 16 form of such declaration shall be provided by the commissioner to each 17 dealer. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 19 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 20 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 21 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 22 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09232-01-5
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