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A 7778: Provides that the village of Southampton is hereby authorized to designate emergency response and rescue vehicles assigned to the Southampton village ocean rescue as authorized emergency vehicles.
What A 7778 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill authorizes the village of Southampton to designate its emergency response and rescue vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles, allowing them to use emergency lights and sirens without restriction. This change is intended to facilitate the village's ocean rescue operations. The changes take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7778
- What is the current status of A 7778?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7778 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 7778 pass?
- Not yet. A 7778 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7778, and where is it now?
- A 7778 was authored by Asm. Tommy John Schiavoni. Its committee of record is Assembly Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| Apr. 10, 2025 | referred to transportation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 10, 2025 · 144 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7778 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIAVONI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT in relation to the Southampton village ocean rescue The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 2 village of Southampton is hereby authorized to designate emergency 3 response and rescue vehicles assigned to the Southampton village ocean 4 rescue as authorized emergency vehicles pursuant to section 101 of the 5 vehicle and traffic law. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07544-01-5
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