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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 159: Allows police vehicles to have one or more forward facing blue lights

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 159 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Allows police vehicles to have one or more forward facing blue lights. Primary sponsor: Joe Angelino (Republican/Conservative/Independence). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Allows police vehicles to have one or more forward facing blue lights, provided that such blue light can only be displayed in combination with a red and/or white light.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4 · Republican/Conservative 2 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe AngelinoPrimary sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Brian MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Angelo MorinelloCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse145

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  2. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source