A 9201: Prohibits sellers of bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and motor-driven cycles from selling to persons less than sixteen years of age; requires valid proof of age at the point of purchase; establishes licensing requirements for bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and motor-driven cycles that can exceed twenty-eight miles per hour.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9201 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY November 3, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring all persons less than sixteen years of age to provide proof of age for the purchase of bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters, and motor-driven cycles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1242 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding two new subdivisions 14 and 15 to read as follows: 3 14. No person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the busi- 4 ness of selling bicycles with electric assist shall sell any bicycle 5 with electric assist to any person less than sixteen years of age. Valid 6 proof of age shall be required at the point of purchase. 7 15. No person shall purchase a bicycle with electric assist that can 8 exceed twenty-eight miles per hour unless such purchaser is a holder of 9 a valid class D, DJ, M or MJ license at the point of purchase. 10 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 11 1290 to read as follows: 12 § 1290. Additional provisions applicable to electric scooters. 1. No 13 person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the business of 14 selling electric scooters shall sell an electric scooter to any person 15 less than sixteen years of age. Valid proof of age shall be required at 16 the point of purchase. 17 2. No person shall purchase an electric scooter that can exceed twen- 18 ty-eight miles per hour unless such purchaser is a holder of a valid 19 class D, DJ, M or MJ license at the point of purchase. 20 § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 21 123-a to read as follows: 22 § 123-a. Motor-driven cycle. Every motor-driven cycle having: 23 (a) a seat or saddle for the use of the operator; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13960-01-5 
 A. 9201 2 1 (b) two or three wheels in contact with the ground; 2 (c) an internal combustion engine, or electric, solar or hybrid motor 3 which will propel the motor-driven cycle unassisted at a maximum speed 4 no greater than thirty miles per hour. If such motor-driven cycle is 5 equipped with an internal combustion engine, such engine's piston or 6 rotor displacement shall not exceed fifty cubic centimeters. A motor- 7 driven cycle shall be a limited use motorcycle or motorcycle when oper- 8 ated at speeds in excess of thirty miles per hour; and 9 (d) a direct or automatic power drive system which requires no clutch 10 or gear shift operation by the operator after the drive system is 11 engaged with the engine or motor. 12 § 4. The article heading of article 34 of the vehicle and traffic law, 13 as amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new 14 section 1244 is added to read as follows: 15 OPERATION OF BICYCLES [AND], PLAY DEVICES 16 AND MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES 17 § 1244. Motor-driven cycle provisions. 1. No person, firm, association 18 or corporation engaged in the business of selling motor-driven cycles 19 shall sell a motor-driven cycle to any person less than sixteen years of 20 age. Valid proof of age shall be required at the point of purchase. 21 2. No person shall purchase a motor-driven cycle that can exceed twen- 22 ty-eight miles per hour unless such purchaser is a holder of a valid 23 class D, DJ, M or MJ license at the point of purchase. 24 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 25 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 26 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 27 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 28 on or before such date.