Assembly BillPassed first house
A 9209: Requires any person, firm, association or corporation selling or leasing bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters in NYS to affix front and rear lights.
What A 9209 does, verified May 31, 2026
The bill aims to improve safety for cyclists and scooter riders in New York State. It requires bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to be equipped with specific lighting to increase visibility during nighttime hours. The lighting requirements include a white light visible from at least 500 feet in the front and a red or amber light visible from at least 200 feet in the rear for both types of vehicles. The bill takes effect one year after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (2026-05-29)Alert me
Quick answers about A 9209
- What is the current status of A 9209?
- As of May 31, 2026, A 9209 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on May 29, 2026, was "RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY".
- Did A 9209 pass?
- Not yet. A 9209 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote A 9209, and where is it now?
- A 9209 was authored by Asm. William Conrad with 10 coauthors.
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| May. 29, 2026 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| May. 29, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| May. 29, 2026 | 3RD READING CAL.1273 |
| May. 29, 2026 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S8948A |
| May. 04, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, November 3, 2025 · 304 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9209 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 manufactur- ers providing bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters with lights 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 a new subdivision 14 to read as follows: 3 14. No manufacturer engaged in the business of shipping bicycles with 4 electric assist in New York state shall ship any bicycle with electric 5 assist unless such bicycle with electric assist has permanently affixed 6 thereto, a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible 7 during hours of darkness from a distance of at least five hundred feet 8 to the front and with a red or amber light visible to the rear for three 9 hundred feet. At least one of such lights shall be visible for two 10 hundred feet from each side. 11 § 2. Section 1285 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding 12 a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 13 4. No manufacturer of electric scooters shall ship any such electric 14 scooters in New York state that are not equipped with a lamp and red 15 light as required under subdivision one of this section. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13941-01-5
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