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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 7611: Directs the department of motor vehicles to create a plan to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles in New York state outside of the city of New York

Passed one chamber 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

S 7611 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on April 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Directs the department of motor vehicles to create a plan to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles in New York state outside of the city of New York. Primary sponsor: Siela Bynoe (Democratic). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 28, 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.

Directs the department of motor vehicles to develop a plan to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles, by county, in New York state outside of the city of New York; defines accessibility; requires a report to identify any existing local guidelines for accessible vehicles; directs development of benchmarks for increasing wheelchair accessible vehicles.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Siela BynoePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Jack MartinsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate7
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38

“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. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.1210
  7. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  8. PRINT NUMBER 7611B
  9. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
  10. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  11. RETURNED TO SENATE
  12. DIED IN ASSEMBLY

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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