New York S 6396: Relates to enacting Eric's ID Law

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S06396 Summary:

BILL NOS06396A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01549-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRMYRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 490, 502 & 504, V & T L; amd 840, Exec L

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Provides for the placement of a discreet nonapparent disability designation on non-driver identification cards, drivers' licenses and learners' permits; makes technical and conforming changes.

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BILL NOS06396A

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03/13/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

11/19/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

11/19/2025PRINT NUMBER 6396A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6396--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in
 relation to the placement of a discreet nonapparent disability desig-
 nation on non-driver identification cards, drivers' licenses and lear-
 ners' permits and making technical and conforming changes

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Eric's ID Law".
 3 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and
 4 traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read as
 5 follows:
 6 (iv) (A) The commissioner shall provide space so that an applicant may
 7 request a notation upon such identification card that such applicant has
 8 a nonapparent disability. An applicant requesting a notation of nonap-
 9 parent disability shall not be required to provide proof of such nonap-
 10 parent disability.
 11 (B) The commissioner shall provide a method for an individual who has
 12 previously requested a notation for a nonapparent disability to request
 13 the removal of a nonapparent disability notation from their identifica-
 14 tion card. In addition to issuing a new identification card to such
 15 requesting individual with the nonapparent disability notation removed,
 16 the department shall delete all records pertaining to such individual's
 17 nonapparent disability notation.
 18 (C) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 19 the department shall not disclose any information related to an appli-
 20 cant's voluntary nonapparent disability designation to any insurer,
 21 insurance producer, or to the department of financial services for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00445-04-5

 S. 6396--A 2

 1 underwriting, rating, risk classification, premium calculation, claims
 2 assessment, or any insurance related purpose.
 3 (2) The department shall not use, and shall not permit the use of, the
 4 voluntary nonapparent disability designation as the basis for referral
 5 to the medical review unit or for any fitness-to-drive evaluation
 6 authorized under this chapter.
 7 (D) As used in this section, "nonapparent disability" shall include
 8 all intellectual and developmental disabilities.
 9 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and
 10 traffic law, as amended by section 97 of part PP of chapter 56 of the
 11 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 12 (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
 13 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
 14 cle forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
 15 and shall contain such other information and shall be issued in such
 16 form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
 17 tification card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of
 18 twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement
 19 "UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or format.
 20 Provided, further, however, that