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A 7439: Increases width and weight of the description specifics for an all terrain vehicle.
What A 7439 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill proposes to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law to increase the width and weight of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in the state of New York. Currently, ATVs are defined as vehicles that do not exceed 80 inches in width or 2,000 pounds in dry weight. However, this definition does not include snowmobiles and other off-highway vehicles designed for travel on snow or ice. The bill would revise this definition to exclude vehicles with skis or runners and utilize an endless belt tread. The changes would take effect 30 days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7439
- What is the current status of A 7439?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 7439 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 7439 pass?
- Not yet. A 7439 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7439, and where is it now?
- A 7439 was authored by Asm. Stephen Hawley with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| Mar. 27, 2025 | referred to transportation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 27, 2025 · 269 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7439 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing width and weight of the description specifics for an all terrain vehi- cle The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2281 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 1997, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) "All terrain vehicle" or "ATV" means any self-propelled vehicle 5 which is manufactured for sale for operation primarily on off-highway 6 trails or off-highway competitions and only incidentally operated on 7 public highways providing that such vehicle does not exceed [seventy] 8 eighty inches in width, or [one] two thousand pounds dry weight. 9 Provided, however, this definition shall not include a "snowmobile" or 10 other self-propelled vehicles manufactured for off-highway use exclu- 11 sively designed for travel on snow or ice, steered by skis or runners 12 and supported in whole or in part by one or more skis, belts or cleats 13 which utilize an endless belt tread. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02549-01-5
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