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S 5631: Requires motorcycles to be registered at point of sale.
What S 5631 does, verified June 3, 2025
The "Motorcycle Registration Guarantee Act" requires that all motorcycles sold in the state be registered at the time of sale. This includes motorcycles purchased for use exclusively outside of the state, where the purchaser must sign a declaration stating they understand the registration requirements and penalties. The registration period will be determined by the Commissioner. The act takes effect 180 days after it becomes law, and dealers are authorized to implement necessary rules and regulations for its implementation.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2025-02-26)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5631
- What is the current status of S 5631?
- As of June 3, 2025, S 5631 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on February 26, 2025, was "REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION".
- Did S 5631 pass?
- Not yet. S 5631 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5631, and where is it now?
- S 5631 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Feb. 26, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 26, 2025 · 359 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5631 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 motorcycles to be registered at the time of sale The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "motorcy- 2 cle registration guarantee act". 3 § 2. Section 410 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a 4 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 5 1-a. Registration at time of sale. Every motorcycle, as defined by 6 section one hundred twenty-three of this chapter, sold by a dealer shall 7 be registered at the time of sale of such motorcycle. Such registration 8 shall take effect and expire on dates to be determined by the commis- 9 sioner. Any motorcycle purchased for use exclusively outside of the 10 state of New York shall not require registration at the time of 11 purchase, and the purchaser of such motorcycle shall sign a declaration, 12 provided by the dealer, which shall state that such purchaser under- 13 stands the conditions under which a motorcycle must be registered and 14 the penalty for violation of such registration provisions. Each signed 15 declaration shall be forwarded by the dealer to the commissioner. The 16 form of such declaration shall be provided by the commissioner to each 17 dealer. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 19 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 20 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 21 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 22 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09232-01-5
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