ALBANY – The Schoharie limo crash that killed 20 people in October 2018 will lead to new laws on limo safety, New York leaders announced Tuesday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders said they agreed a 10-point package of limousine safety regulations that they will adopt into law in the coming weeks.

The Senate and Assembly passed the package Tuesday after they held a news conference with victims' families at the state Capitol. The Schoharie crash was the most deadly transportation accident in the U.S. in a decade.

The measures include new seatbelt requirements, the impoundment of defective limousines, increased penalties for illegal U-turns and GPS requirements.

The families have been pushing for new laws after some new measures were passed as part of the state budget last April.

"These comprehensive reforms will give authorities much-needed new powers to get dangerous vehicles off the road, weed out bad actors and put into place common sense safety standards that will increase public safety in every corner of New York," Cuomo said in a statement.

The crash in a rural part of upstate New York outside Albany was the result of a poorly maintained limo that suffered "catastrophic brake failure" at the time of the accident, a report found. Efforts to get the limo off the road failed for months prior to the crash, records showed.

The 17 passengers — which included four sisters, three of their husbands, and a handful of friends and family all celebrating a birthday — all died, as did the driver and two pedestrians at a country store where the limo crashed.

The limo company's operator, Nauman Hussain, faces a slew of criminal charges.

"The crashes that have taken place because of unsafe limos and lax regulations are tragedies, and we have a responsibility to address this problem," said Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers.

Kevin Cushing, whose 31-year-old son, Patrick, was among those killed in the Schoharie crash, said Tuesday at the news conference at the Capitol that the new laws "represent a meaningful legacy to those loved one that were lost on Oct. 6, 2018."

He added, "We can’t change the past, but we can make a difference in the future."

Here's what the new bills, when passed and signed into law, would do:

New seatbelt requirements for limousines in New York

The legislation requires that motor vehicles converted into stretch limousines on or after Jan. 1, 2021, have at least two safety belts for the front seat and at least one safety belt in the rear for each passenger the vehicle was designed to hold.

It would also require all stretch limousines to be retrofitted to include seatbelts by Jan. 1, 2023.

New commercial driver's license requirements for limousine drivers

The bill mandates limousine drivers carrying nine or more passengers, including the driver, to have a commercial driver's license.

Immobilization and impoundment of defective limousines

The law would allow the state transportation commissioner to impound or immobilize stretch limousines and require them to be held until the commissioner agrees that they have passed re-inspection.

Any release of a vehicle without approval by the state commissioner will be punishable by a fine of up to $10,000.

Increased penalties for illegal U-turns by limos

The law, once signed by Cuomo, would put in a fine of $250 to $400 and/or up to 15 days in prison if drivers make illegal turns with limos.

Second violations within 18 months would be subject to a $600 to $750 fine and/or up to 45 days imprisonment.

Violations involving a stretch limousine making an illegal U-turn while carrying at least one passenger would be subject to a $750 to $1,000 fine and/or up to 180 days imprisonment, state officials said.

A new GPS requirement for limousines in New York

The legislation would require stretch limousines to use GPS technology designed specifically for commercial vehicles and would meet federal standards.

New customer service resources to be put in place

New York plans to require the commissioners of the transportation and motor vehicles departments "to establish, maintain, monitor and publicize a telephone hotline" so the public can report safety issues with stretch limousines.

The law will also require the state to establish a "safe limo" website.

Driver's license validation would be required

The 2001 Ford Excursion limousine that crashed in Schoharie, New York, on Oct. 6, 2018, killing 20.

The legislation would require that every motor carrier provide the state Department of Motor Vehicles a list of each altered motor vehicle designed to carry nine or more passengers.

It would also mandate the state commissioner to annually review the bus driver files of each limo driver.

New York would create a passenger task force

The state would create a "stretch limousine passenger safety task force" to conduct a comprehensive review of the industry, such as "matters influencing the safety, adequacy, efficiency and reliability of stretch limousine transportation," according to lawmakers.

New drug and alcohol testing

New York would require for-hire vehicle drivers and motor carriers be subject to pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing.

Seatbelt Use in Taxi and Livery Vehicles

The legislation expands seatbelt use requirements in for-hire vehicles.

So no person would be able to operate a taxi or livery unless all passengers between age 8 and 16 are wearing a seat belt.