A 728: Requires the department of labor to conduct a study on the potential impact of driverless vehicles on occupations and employment.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 728 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT requiring the department of labor to conduct a study to determine and report on the potential impact of driverless vehicles on occupa- tions and employment; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Study of the potential impact to vehicle transportation and 2 delivery systems. The commissioner of the department of labor shall 3 engage in a study analyzing the potential impact of driverless vehicles 4 on occupations and employment and shall make a report on such findings. 5 § 2. Such study and report carried out pursuant to this act shall 6 address the following issues: 7 (a) the potential impact of driverless vehicles on delivery and trans- 8 portation services; 9 (b) the potential loss of employment for those engaged in occupations 10 described by paragraph (a) of this section; and 11 (c) any other information the commissioner deems pertinent to include 12 in said report related to this policy. 13 § 3. The commissioner shall publish such report to the governor, the 14 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 15 senate committees on labor and transportation and assembly committees on 16 labor and transportation no later than December 31, 2026. 17 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 18 deemed repealed January 1, 2027. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02195-01-5