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A 8269: Equips all ambulances and emergency ambulance service vehicles with stop-arms; provides rules and regulations shall be promulgated to provide for such equipment.
What A 8269 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law to require all ambulances and emergency ambulance service vehicles to be equipped with stop-arms, allowing them to stop at red lights like regular vehicles. The commissioner of transportation will promulgate rules and regulations for the use of stop-arms on these vehicles. The changes will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8269
- What is the current status of A 8269?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 8269 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 8269 pass?
- Not yet. A 8269 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8269, and where is it now?
- A 8269 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| May. 06, 2025 | referred to transportation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 6, 2025 · 163 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8269 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to equipping all ambulances and emergency ambulance service vehicles with stop-arms The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 58 to read as follows: 3 58. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of trans- 4 portation, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the use of stop- 5 arms on ambulances and emergency ambulance service vehicles. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11887-01-5
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