New York S 2379: Requires that driver's licenses indicate the blood type of the licensee upon the licensee's request

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S02379 Summary:

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Requires that driver's licenses indicate the blood type of the licensee upon the licensee's request.

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2379

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 that driver's licenses indicate the blood type of the licensee upon
 the licensee's request

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law
 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) The commissioner shall by regulation provide that every driver's
 4 license or renewal thereof contain a distinguishing mark and adequate
 5 space upon which the blood type of the licensee may be imprinted upon
 6 the licensee's request. The learner's permit may also contain the blood
 7 type of the permittee upon request of the permitee pursuant to regu-
 8 lations established by the commissioner.
 9 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 10 separately amended by chapters 158 and 440 of the laws of 2021, is
 11 amended to read as follows:
 12 1. Application for license. Application for a driver's license shall
 13 be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
 14 with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
 15 ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. With
 16 respect to a non-commercial driver's license or learner's permit which
 17 does not meet federal standards for identification, in addition to the
 18 acceptable proofs of age and identity approved by the commissioner as of
 19 January first, two thousand nineteen, acceptable proof of identity shall
 20 also include, but not be limited to, a valid, unexpired foreign passport
 21 issued by the applicant's country of citizenship (which shall also be
 22 eligible as proof of age), a valid, unexpired consular identification
 23 document issued by a consulate from the applicant's country of citizen-
 24 ship, or a valid foreign driver's license that includes a photo image of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06418-01-5

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 1 the applicant and which is unexpired or expired for less than twenty-
 2 four months of its date of expiration, as primary forms of such proof.
 3 Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be deemed to preclude the
 4 commissioner from approving additional proofs of identity and age. The
 5 license shall display the sex designation of M, F, or X as certified by
 6 the applicant, with no additional documentation required. The applicant
 7 may amend the sex designation of their driver's license upon request.
 8 Upon amendment of the sex designation, the change shall be made consist-
 9 ent through all affiliated records within the control of the department.
 10 The commissioner may also provide that the application procedure shall
 11 include the taking of a photo image or images of the applicant in
 12 accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In
 13 addition, the commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide
 14 such applicant's social security number or, in lieu thereof, with
 15 respect to an application for a non-commercial driver's license or
 16 learner's permit which does not meet federal standards for identifica-
 17 tion, an affidavit signed by such applicant that they have not been
 18 issued a social security number. The commissioner shall also provide
 19 space on the application so that the applicant may re