S 8547

New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: May 5, 2026.

Relates to the electric school bus mandate; prohibits a mandate requiring school districts to purchase, operate or maintain any certain type of school buses; repeals certain provisions relating to electric buses.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-S-8547
Session 2025-2026
Status in_committee
Committee Energy And Telecommunications
Senate in_committee 2026-05-05
Education Transportation
Summary

Removes references to the electric school bus mandate; provides that there shall be no mandate requiring school districts to purchase, operate or maintain any certain type of school buses and that the superintendent of each school district shall have the sole authority to determine the types of school buses such school district will purchase, operate and maintain; repeals certain provisions of law relating to electric school buses.

Sponsor
Alexis Weik
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-10-24 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-05-05 Status in_committee
2026-05-05 Latest Action In Senate Committee
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