New York S 1162: Requires third-party food delivery services maintain insurance through a group policy that covers bodily injury or death arising out of or resulting from qualifying accidents involving a delivery person

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S01162 Summary:

BILL NOS01162A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00070-A

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §391-v, Gen Bus L

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Requires third-party food delivery services maintain insurance through a group policy that covers bodily injury or death arising out of or resulting from qualifying accidents involving a delivery person.

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BILL NOS01162A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

06/09/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

06/09/2025PRINT NUMBER 1162A

06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1797

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

06/12/2025REPASSED SENATE

06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

06/17/2025substituted for a70a

06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.924

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1342

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1162--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
 third-party food delivery services maintain insurance through a group
 policy that covers bodily injury or death arising out of or resulting
 from qualifying accidents involving a delivery person

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 391-v of the
 2 general business law, as added by chapter 693 of the laws of 2021, is
 3 amended and three new paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) are added to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (d) "Third-party food delivery platform" means the online or mobile
 6 platform of the third-party food delivery service on which a consumer
 7 can view products available for sale and place an order for a food
 8 service establishment's products or on which a delivery driver can
 9 accept and facilitate orders.
 10 (e) "Delivery driver" means any individual who conveys products from a
 11 food service establishment to a consumer on behalf of a third-party food
 12 delivery service. For the purposes of this paragraph, multiple delivery
 13 drivers who share one account with a third-party food delivery service
 14 shall each qualify as a delivery driver.
 15 (f) "Qualifying accident" means a vehicular accident involving a
 16 delivery driver that occurs while the delivery driver is logged into a
 17 third-party food delivery platform and conveying products from a food
 18 service establishment to a consumer on behalf of a third-party food
 19 delivery service.
 20 (g) "Qualifying vehicle" means any two or three-wheeled vehicle, other
 21 than a motor vehicle or motorcycle that carries its own liability insur-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00494-04-5

 S. 1162--A 2

 1 ance per the requirements of article six of the vehicle and traffic law,
 2 at the time of the qualifying accident.
 3 § 2. Section 391-v of the general business law is amended by adding a
 4 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 5 3. Each third-party food delivery service shall maintain insurance
 6 through a group policy that covers bodily injury or death arising out of
 7 or resulting from qualifying accidents involving a delivery person
 8 subject to the following provisions:
 9 (a) Benefits shall be limited to only those qualifying accidents
 10 involving delivery persons who are operating a qualifying vehicle.
 11 (b) Benefits shall be limited to payments for basic eco