S 9056 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes a comprehensive study of highway construction and maintenance worker safety

Summary

Directs the department of transportation to conduct a comprehensive study of highway construction and maintenance worker safety; directs the department to gather feedback from stakeholders; requires the department to submit a report on its findings and recommendations.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action Jun 5, 2026

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S9056 → S9056A · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to expand the study's scope by explicitly including highway maintenance workers alongside construction workers and directing the Department of Transportation to consult with additional safety agencies. The amendment also clarifies the definition of 'labor union' to ensure it covers collective bargaining representatives for maintenance work, and updates the list of stakeholders to include bridge construction entities.

Scope change

The bill's scope was broadened from focusing solely on road construction to explicitly include highway maintenance workers and bridge construction projects.

SCOPE

The study mandate was updated to cover both highway construction and maintenance workers, whereas the original text only mentioned road construction workers.

REQUIREMENT

The Department of Transportation is now required to consult with the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee, the Thruway Authority, and the Division of State Police before conducting the study.

The list of stakeholders for the study was updated to explicitly include bridge construction contractors and their associations.

The required report recipients were expanded to include the chairs and ranking members of the Senate and Assembly transportation committees.

DEFINITION

A new definition was added for 'labor union,' specifying it must be a bona fide organization representing collective bargaining for road or bridge construction or maintenance work.

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Amendments

Jun 5, 2026

Committee

COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

Jun 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING 9056A

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor