STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5945 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 restricting participation in the pre-licensing course internet pilot program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 399-s of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 2 section 3 of part ZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 § 399-s. Pilot program scope and duration. The commissioner shall 5 conduct a pilot program designed to evaluate utilizing the internet for 6 delivering an approved pre-licensing course required by subparagraph (i) 7 of paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section five hundred two of this 8 chapter, by permitting qualified applicants to participate in the pilot 9 program from June thirtieth, two thousand twenty to June thirtieth, two 10 thousand twenty-five. Provided that applicants [for class DJ and class 11 MJ licenses] twenty-five years age or younger shall not be eligible to 12 participate in such pilot program. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the 14 amendments to section 399-s of the vehicle and traffic law made by 15 section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section 16 and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10494-01-5