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S 6657: Increases the weight of certain trailers and semi-trailers driven on public highways from one thousand pounds to one thousand five hundred pounds.
What S 6657 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to improve road safety by implementing stricter regulations on trailers and semi-trailers. <br> It requires trailers and semi-trailers with a weight over 1,555 pounds to have adequate brakes in good working order when operated or drawn on public highways. <br> Additionally, trailers must be attached to the vehicle drawing them in a way that prevents the wheels from being deflected more than six inches from the path of the towing vehicle's wheels. <br> For trailers not manufactured or assembled after 1971, a device approved by the commissioner must be used to attach them to the vehicle. <br> The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6657
- What is the current status of S 6657?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 6657 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 6657 pass?
- Not yet. S 6657 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6657, and where is it now?
- S 6657 was authored by Sen. Joseph Griffo. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Mar. 19, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 19, 2025 · 338 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6657 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 the weight of certain trailers and semi-trailers driven on public highways The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 375 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 231 of the laws of 2003, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (c) Every trailer and semi-trailer weighing more than one thousand 5 five hundred pounds unladen and every trailer and semi-trailer manufac- 6 tured or assembled on or after January first, nineteen hundred seventy- 7 one having a registered maximum gross weight, an actual gross weight or 8 gross weight consisting of the unladen weight and maximum carrying 9 capacity recommended by the manufacturer in excess of three thousand 10 pounds also shall be equipped with adequate brakes in good working order 11 if operated or drawn on the public highways of this state. Every trailer 12 while being drawn upon the public highways of this state shall be so 13 attached to the vehicle drawing the same as to prevent the wheels of 14 such trailer from being deflected more than six inches from the path of 15 the towing vehicle's wheels. On and after January first, nineteen 16 hundred seventy-one every trailer, except a semi-trailer, while being 17 drawn upon the public highways of this state, shall be attached to the 18 vehicle drawing the same by a device of a type approved by the commis- 19 sioner. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09905-01-5
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