S 8745 NY
Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study of official inspection stations, safety inspections and fees
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Summary
New York S 8745 directs the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to conduct a comprehensive study of motor vehicle and motorcycle safety inspection requirements and fees under state law. The study must examine whether additional inspection items should be added, whether existing inspection items should be modified, and whether the maximum fee authorized for inspection stations is sufficient to balance costs for both consumers and the stations conducting inspections. The Commissioner must submit a written report with findings and recommendations to the Governor, legislature leadership, and transportation committee chairs within one year of the law's effective date. The bill takes effect 30 days after becoming law.
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Official abstract
Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study to examine and update the requirements of safety inspections conducted to ensure the operational safety of all motor vehicles; requires a report; makes related provisions.
Sponsor (1)
- Jeremy Cooney Democratic · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (5)
- Jan 8, 2026 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION · upper
- May 19, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.1272 · upper
- May 20, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 21, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Jun 5, 2026 COMMITTED TO RULES · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S08745 Summary: BILL NO S08745   SAME AS SAME AS A10181
  SPONSOR COONEY   COSPNSR ADDABBO   MLTSPNSR  
  Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study to examine and update the requirements of safety inspections conducted to ensure the operational safety of all motor vehicles; requires a report; makes related provisions.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
8745
IN SENATE
January 8, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT directing the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study of official inspection stations, safety inspections and fees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall conduct a study to 2 review and examine the requirements of motor vehicle and motorcycle 3 safety inspections conducted pursuant to section 301 of the vehicle and 4 traffic law, to ensure the operational safety of such vehicles. Such 5 study shall include, but shall not be limited to, an examination of 6 whether additional inspection items should be included, whether 7 inspection items should be modified, an examination of the maximum fee 8 that the commissioner authorizes to be charged by an official inspection 9 station, and the sufficiency of such fee in balancing the cost of such 10 safety inspections to both consumers and official inspection stations. 11 § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the 12 commissioner of motor vehicles shall submit a report of such study with 13 the commissioner's findings and recommendations to the governor, the 14 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 15 minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the 16 chair of the senate transportation committee, and the chair of the 17 assembly transportation committee. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01108-01-5
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