New York S 139: Relates to insurance requirements for third-party food delivery services

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S00139 Summary:

BILL NOS00139B

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SAME ASSAME AS A01823-A

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2354, Ins L

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Requires bicycle delivery contractors to provide personal injury liability insurance to compensate persons injured by a bicycle delivery worker and to provide notice to delivery workers that the contractor provides personal injury liability insurance; authorizes the superintendent of financial services to promulgate rules and regulations.

Go to top S00139 Actions:

BILL NOS00139B

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/22/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/22/2025PRINT NUMBER 139A

05/30/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/30/2025PRINT NUMBER 139B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 139--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to bicycle delivery work-
 er insurance personal injury liability insurance

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

 1 Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 2354
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 2354. Bicycle delivery worker insurance personal injury liability
 4 insurance. (a) As used in this section:
 5 (1) "bicycle delivery contractor" means a person, corporation, part-
 6 nership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that is operating in New
 7 York state using a digital network to connect BEA delivery recipients to
 8 bicycle with electric assist delivery workers;
 9 (2) "digital network" means any website, mobile application, or other
 10 internet service offered or utilized by a bicycle delivery contractor
 11 that enables deliveries by bicycle with electric assist delivery work-
 12 ers;
 13 (3) "bicycle with electric assist delivery workers" or "BEA delivery
 14 workers" means an individual who:
 15 (i) receives connections to potential BEA delivery recipients and
 16 related services through a digital network; and
 17 (ii) uses a bicycle with electric assist as defined in section one
 18 hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law or an electric scooter as
 19 defined in section one hundred fourteen-e of the vehicle and traffic law
 20 to offer or provide a prearranged delivery to BEA delivery recipients

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00726-06-5

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 1 through a digital network in exchange for compensation or payment of a
 2 fee;
 3 (4) "bicycle with electric assist delivery recipients" or "BEA deliv-
 4 ery recipients" means a person or persons who use a digital network to
 5 connect with a BEA delivery worker who provides delivery of food or
 6 other items to points chosen by the BEA delivery recipient; and
 7 (5) "bicycle delivery contractor prearranged trip" or "trip" means the
 8 provision of delivery by a BEA delivery worker provided through the use
 9 of a digital network:
 10 (i) beginning when a BEA delivery worker accepts a BEA delivery recip-
 11 ient's request for a delivery through a digital network;
 12 (ii) continuing while the BEA delivery worker transports the requested
 13 items on a bicycle with electric assist; and
 14 (iii) ending when the last requested item is dropped off from the
 15 bicycle with electric assist and marked as completed by a BEA delivery
 16 worker on the digital network.
 17 (b) (i) All bicycle delivery contractors must provide personal injury
 18 liability insurance as defined in paragraph thirteen of subsection (a)
 19 of section one thousand one hundred thirteen of this chapter to compen-
 20 sate persons injur