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A02334 Summary:

BILL NOA02334 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHawley

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COSPNSRDiPietro, Gallahan, Giglio, Lemondes, Manktelow, Tague, Slater, Blankenbush

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MLTSPNSRAngelino

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Amd §404-i, V & T L

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Provides for distinctive license plates for gold star family members; eliminates the registration fee for gold star parent and gold star family member distinctive license plates.

Go to top A02334 Actions:

BILL NOA02334 

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01/16/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

05/27/2026held for consideration in transportation

Go to topA02334 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION Chair:Magnarelli 
DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:15/9 Action: Held for Consideration MagnarelliAyeMillerNay

LupardoAyeMcDonoughExcused

SimonAyeDeStefanoNay

WilliamsAyeDursoNay

McMahonNayGiglioNay

GallagherAyeSlaterNay

MitaynesAyeBendettNay

De Los SantosAyeChludzinskiNay

CunninghamAye

AlvarezAye

ShresthaAye

ShimskyAye

EachusNay

BurroughsAye

WrightExcused

ValdezAye

RomeroAye

HooksAye

Go to topA02334 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02334 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2334

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
 distinctive license plates for gold star family members and eliminat-
 ing the registration fee for gold star parent and gold star family
 member distinctive license plates

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

 1 Section 1. Section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 2 chapter 277 of the laws of 1991 and renumbered by chapter 108 of the
 3 laws of 1994, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of
 4 2004 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 § 404-i. Distinctive plates for gold star [mothers] parents and gold
 7 star families. 1. Any gold star [mother] parent or the spouse of a gold
 8 star [mother] parent, or the widow or widower of a fallen service
 9 member, or any child, step-child, brother, sister, step-brother, step-
 10 sister, or grandparent of a fallen service member residing in this state
 11 shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "gold
 12 star [mother] parent" or "gold star family", respectively. If a
 13 distinctive plate is issued to a gold star [mother] parent or gold star
 14 family member pursuant to this section, additional distinctive plates
 15 may be issued for every vehicle registered in the name of the gold star
 16 [mother] parent recipient residing in this state or the spouse of such
 17 gold star [mother] parent, or the gold star family member. Application
 18 for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form
 19 and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
 20 2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
 21 satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or the spouse of
 22 the applicant is a gold star [mother] parent or the spouse of a gold
 23 star parent, or the widow or widower of a fallen service member, or any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01813-01-5

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 1 child, step-child, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, or grand-
 2 parent of a fallen service member.
 3 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 4 in the same manner as other number plates [upon payment of the regular
 5 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti-
 6 cle], provided, however, that no registration fee or service charge
 7 shall be charged for such plate.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 9 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 10 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 11 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 12 on or before such date.

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