New York A 3020: Provides for electronic credentials

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A03020 Summary:

BILL NOA03020 

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Add §504-a, V & T L

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Provides for electronic credentials to be issued in addition to a driver's license or identification card.

Go to top A03020 Actions:

BILL NOA03020 

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01/23/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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Go to topA03020 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3020

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
 for electronic credentials

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 504-a to read as follows:
 3 § 504-a. Electronic credentials. 1. As used in this section, the
 4 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Credential holder" means the individual to whom an electronic
 6 credential is issued.
 7 (b) "Data field" means a discrete piece of information printed or
 8 otherwise appearing on a license or an identification card.
 9 (c) "Electronic credential" means an electronic representation of a
 10 license, an identification card, or a data field.
 11 (d) "Full profile" means all the information provided on a license or
 12 an identification card.
 13 (e) "Limited profile" means a portion of the information provided on a
 14 license or an identification card.
 15 2. (a) The commissioner shall issue an electronic credential to an
 16 individual in addition to, and not instead of, a license or an identifi-
 17 cation card if the commissioner has issued to the individual:
 18 (i) a license under this article; or
 19 (ii) an identification card under article seventeen-A of this chapter.
 20 (b) The commissioner shall enter into agreements with any agency of
 21 the state, another state, or the United States as necessary to facili-
 22 tate the issuance, use, and verification of electronic credentials
 23 issued by the commissioner or another state.
 24 (c) The commissioner shall create an electronic credential that:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06379-01-5

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 1 (i) is capable of producing both a full profile and a limited profile;
 2 and
 3 (ii) satisfies the purpose for which the profile is being presented.
 4 (d) The commissioner shall design such electronic credential in a
 5 manner that allows the credential holder to maintain physical possession
 6 of the device on which the electronic credential is accessed during
 7 verification.
 8 3. (a) The commissioner shall create and operate a verification system
 9 for electronic credentials.
 10 (b) (i) Access to the verification system and any data field by a
 11 person presented with an electronic credential shall require the consent
 12 of the credential holder.
 13 (ii) If consent is granted under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph,
 14 the commissioner shall release through the verification system:
 15 (1) for a full profile, all data fields that appear on the physical
 16 credential that corresponds with the electronic credential that is being
 17 verified; or
 18 (2) for a limited profile, only the data fields represented in the
 19 limited profile for the physical credential that corresponds with the
 20 electronic credential that is being verified.
 21 (c) A third party may administer on behalf of the commissioner any
 22 system developed to facilitate the issuance, verification, and use of
 23 electronic credentials.
 24 4. The commissioner may charge a fee for:
 25 (a) the issuance of an electronic credential; and
 26 (b) the use of an electronic verification system.
 27 5. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an electronic
 28 credential issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
 29 accepted in place of the driver's license or identification card which
 30 correspo