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A2990Assembly2017-2018 Session

Study Impact of Driverless Cars

Official title

“Relates to requiring the department of labor to conduct a study on the potential impact of driverless vehicles”

Sponsor Linda RosenthalAD-67Affects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Labor
Impact
2/10
Minimal
Passage
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Bill progress

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In committee · Labor

What's happening

This bill requires the Department of Labor to study and report on the impact of driverless vehicles on jobs in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Direct focus on employment disruption. By specifically requiring analysis of potential job losses in delivery and transportation services, the study could shed light on how automation may threaten thousands of livelihoods, helping policymakers anticipate and address workforce displacement.

  2. Informs future workforce policy. The findings will provide a data-driven foundation for any legislative or regulatory response, such as retraining programs, unemployment support, or strategies to adapt to technological changes in the job market.

  3. Broad assessment beyond job loss. The bill allows the Department of Labor to include any additional information it deems relevant, which could uncover indirect effects—such as shifts in job types, creation of new industries, or impacts on wages and working conditions—ensuring a comprehensive understanding of driverless vehicle adoption.

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Study Impact of Driverless Cars

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Primary sponsor
Linda Rosenthal

Assembly Member · Assembly District 67

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History

  1. Referred to labor
  2. Referred to labor

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STATE OF NEW YORK

2990

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 23, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT requiring the department of labor to conduct a study to determine and report on the potential impact of driverless vehicles on occupations and employment and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Study of the potential impact to vehicle transportation and delivery systems. The commissioner of the department of labor shall engage in a study analyzing the potential impact of driverless vehicles on occupations and employment and shall make a report on such findings.

§ 2. Such study and report carried out pursuant to this act shall address the following issues:

(a) the potential impact of driverless vehicles on delivery and transportation services;

(b) the potential loss of employment for those engaged in occupations described by paragraph (a) of this section; and

(c) any other information the commissioner deems pertinent to include in said report related to this policy.

§ 3. The commissioner shall publish such report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the senate committees on labor and transportation and assembly committees on labor and transportation no later than December 31, 2019.

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, 2020.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD07430-02-7

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