New York S 3239: Relates to the creation of a department of corrections and community supervision identification form; and relates to the use of such form as proof of identity

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S03239 Summary:

BILL NOS03239 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06150

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM, HELMING, HINCHEY, PALUMBO, PARKER, RAMOS,
 RHOADS, RIVERA, RYAN C, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2, add §81, Cor L; amd §§490 & 502, V & T L

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Relates to the creation of a department of corrections and community supervision identification form; relates to the use of such form as proof of identity for individuals applying for a non-driver identification card or certain driver's licenses.

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BILL NOS03239 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3239

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, ADDABBO, BAILEY, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GONZA-
 LEZ, HARCKHAM, HELMING, HINCHEY, PALUMBO, PARKER, RAMOS, RHOADS,
 RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime
 Victims, Crime and Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the creation of a
 department of corrections and community supervision identification
 form; and to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use
 of a department of corrections and community supervision identifica-
 tion form as proof of identity

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2 of the correction law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 35 to read as follows:
 3 35. "Identification form" shall mean and refer to a department of
 4 corrections and community supervision identification form issued pursu-
 5 ant to the provisions of section eighty-one of this chapter.
 6 § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 81 to read
 7 as follows:
 8 § 81. Department of corrections and community supervision identifica-
 9 tion form. 1. The commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioner of
 10 motor vehicles, shall create a department of corrections and community
 11 supervision identification form, which shall be issued to each individ-
 12 ual upon such individual's release from a correctional facility.
 13 2. Identification forms issued pursuant to this section shall contain,
 14 at a minimum, the following information about the individual to whom
 15 such identification form is issued:
 16 (a) Such individual's full name;
 17 (b) Such individual's permanent address, if such individual has a
 18 permanent address that they intend to return to;
 19 (c) Such individual's birth date; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00472-01-5

 S. 3239 2

 1 (d) Any other information the commissioner shall deem relevant or
 2 necessary.
 3 3. A correctional facility shall deliver to each individual all forms,
 4 paperwork, and/or other documents required to be delivered to such indi-
 5 vidual in addition to the identification form required by subdivision
 6 one of this section, immediately upon such individual's release.
 7 § 3. Section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
 8 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 9 2-a. A department of corrections and community supervision identifi-
 10 cation form issued pursuant to section eighty-one of the correction law
 11 shall constitute sufficient proof of identity for an individual submit-
 12 ting an application for an identification card pursuant to this section,
 13 and the commissioner shall not require such individual to provide any
 14 further proof of identification.
 15 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 490
 16 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of
 17 2012, is amended to read as follows:
 18 (i) The commissioner shall upon submission of an appropriate applica-
 19 tion, upon payment of the prescribed fee, a