New York S 7032: Provides qualified homeless individuals non-driver state identification cards

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S07032 Summary:

BILL NOS07032 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §490, V & T L

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Provides qualified homeless individuals non-driver state identification cards if there is proof provided that such individual is in fact homeless.

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BILL NOS07032 

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03/28/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1701

06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1365

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7032

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 providing
 qualified homeless individuals non-driver state identification cards

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
 2 section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 2 of
 3 part V of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (iii) Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contra-
 5 ry, a person who is either (A) sixty-two years of age or older and a
 6 recipient of supplemental security income benefits [or], (B) a recipient
 7 of public assistance, as defined in subdivision nineteen of section two
 8 of the social services law, supplemental nutrition assistance program
 9 benefits, pursuant to section ninety-five of the social services law, or
 10 medical assistance, as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision thirty-
 11 eight of section two of the social services law, and who has not been
 12 issued a driver's license, or whose driver's license is expired, or who
 13 surrendered [his or her] such recipient's driver's license, or (C) any
 14 person who can verify their status as a homeless person or homeless
 15 child or youth, shall be issued an identification card without the
 16 payment of any fee, upon submitting the appropriate application. For
 17 persons applying for an identification card pursuant to clause (B) of
 18 this subparagraph, such application shall include proof that such person
 19 is in receipt of public assistance, supplemental nutrition assistance
 20 program benefits, or medical assistance, as the case may be. For
 21 persons applying for an identification card pursuant to clause (C) of
 22 this subparagraph, such application shall include proof that such person
 23 is homeless. Such proof shall include verification from a homeless
 24 service provider that has knowledge of the person's housing status. For

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11161-01-5

 S. 7032 2

 1 purposes of this subparagraph, the following terms shall have the
 2 following meanings:
 3 (1) "homeless child or youth" shall have the same meaning as the defi-
 4 nition of "homeless children and youths" as defined in the federal
 5 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC, 11301 et seq.);
 6 (2) "homeless person" shall have the same meaning as set forth in the
 7 federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC 11301, et seq.);
 8 and
 9 (3) "homeless services provider" shall include:
 10 (A) a governmental or nonprofit agency receiving federal, state, coun-
 11 ty or municipal funding to provide services to a "homeless person" or
 12 "homeless child or youth", or that is otherwise sanctioned to provide
 13 such services by a local homeless continuum of care organization;
 1