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S 6572: Allows semitrailers to register as an agriculture trailer.
What S 6572 does, verified January 12, 2026
The bill aims to allow certain semitrailers to register as agriculture trailers in the state. Agricultural trucks and trailers are defined as those used for production by farming, raising livestock, or dairy farming. These vehicles are limited to transporting their owner's agricultural or dairy commodities or supplies, or for personal passenger use. The bill also restricts the use of these vehicles to being incidental to a farm operation. The changes take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6572
- What is the current status of S 6572?
- As of January 12, 2026, S 6572 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 6572 pass?
- Not yet. S 6572 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6572, and where is it now?
- S 6572 was authored by Sen. Michelle Hinchey. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Mar. 17, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 17, 2025 · 291 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6572 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 allowing semitrailers to register as an agriculture trailer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of schedule E of subdivision 7 of section 401 2 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 527 of the laws of 3 2015, is amended to read as follows: 4 2. For the purposes of this schedule an "agricultural truck" shall be 5 a truck and an agricultural trailer shall be a trailer or semitrailer, 6 other than a coach or house trailer [or semitrailer], owned by a person 7 engaged in production by means of (a) the planting, cultivation and 8 harvesting of agricultural, vegetable and food products of the soil, 9 including horticultural specialties such as nursery stock, ornamental 10 shrubs, ornamental trees and flowers, (b) the raising, feeding and care 11 of live stock, bees and poultry or (c) dairy farming. Such agricultural 12 truck and agricultural trailer shall be used only for the transportation 13 of his own agricultural or dairy commodities or supplies or for personal 14 passenger use, or use in conjunction with lumbering operations connected 15 with but only incidental to the operation of a farm. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11031-01-5
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