New York A 5806: Prohibits the sale of covered license plate frames

Status: REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 5806

Sponsors: Phil Steck

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A05806 Summary:

BILL NOA05806 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04977

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Add §391-uu, Gen Bus L

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Prohibits the sale of covered license plate frames; defines a covered license plate frame to mean any glass or plastic material, artificial or synthetic material or substance that conceals or obscures a license plate or that distorts a recorded or photographic image of such license plate.

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BILL NOA05806 

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02/20/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5806

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
 sale of covered license plate frames

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

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 391-uu to read as follows:
 3 § 391-uu. Sale or promotional distribution of covered license plate
 4 frames. 1. No person, firm, corporation, partnership, association,
 5 limited liability company, or other entity shall sell or offer to sell
 6 or give away, as either a retail or wholesale promotion, a covered
 7 license plate frame within New York state.
 8 2. For purposes of this section, "covered license plate frame" means
 9 any glass or plastic material, artificial or synthetic material or
 10 substance that conceals or obscures a license plate or that distorts a
 11 recorded or photographic image of such license plate.
 12 3. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, limited
 13 liability company, or other entity that violates the provisions of this
 14 section by selling, offering to sell, or giving away as either a retail
 15 or wholesale promotion, a covered license plate frame shall be subject
 16 to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per violation,
 17 recoverable in an action by any enforcement authority designated by any
 18 municipality or political subdivision.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03103-01-5

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