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S 5530: Requires the department of transportation to provide a list of legal clearance heights for bridges to owners or operators of trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations.
What S 5530 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide a list of legal clearance heights for bridges to certain drivers, including truck owners and operators. The department must inform drivers of the legal clearance height, which is one foot less than the measured clearance, and must also provide a list of clearance heights for all bridges and elevated structures on highways under its jurisdiction. The bill also eliminates the requirement for signs to be erected on bridges and elevated structures with a measured clearance of 14 feet or more. The bill takes effect on the first of June next succeeding the date it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5530
- What is the current status of S 5530?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5530 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 S 5530 pass?
- Not yet. S 5530 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5530, and where is it now?
- S 5530 was authored by Sen. Chris Ryan. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Feb. 24, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 24, 2025 · 312 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5530 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the department of transportation to provide a list of legal clearance heights for bridges to certain drivers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1621 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 420 of the laws of 1968, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 (c) Such department of transportation shall cause signs to be erected 5 to inform persons of the legal overhead clearance for all bridges and 6 elevated structures on highways under its jurisdiction. The legal clear- 7 ance shall be one foot less than the measured clearance. The measured 8 clearance shall be the minimum height to the bridge or structure meas- 9 ured vertically from the traveled portion of the roadway. On bridges or 10 structures having fourteen feet or more of measured clearance, no such 11 signs shall be required. The department of transportation shall cause 12 to inform and furnish to an owner or operator of trucks, commercial 13 vehicles, tractors, tractor-trailer combinations, tractor-semitrailer 14 combinations, or tractor-trailer-semitrailer combinations a list of each 15 legal clearance height for all bridges and elevated structures on high- 16 ways under its jurisdiction. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of June next succeeding 18 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09697-01-5
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