New York S 6188: Relates to the issuance of driver's licenses and emergency medical personnel designation; repealer

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S06188 Summary:

BILL NOS06188 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §502 sub 1, amd §§502 & 504, V & T L

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Relates to the issuance of driver's licenses and emergency medical personnel designation; allows the use of alternate forms of identification where an applicant for a driver's license does not have a social security number or Individual Tax Identification Number.

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BILL NOS06188 

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03/06/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6188

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- 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 the issuance
 of driver's licenses and emergency medical personnel designation; and
 to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

 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 502 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law is REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:
 3 1. Application for license. Application for a driver's license shall
 4 be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
 5 with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
 6 ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. Acceptable
 7 proof of identity shall include, but not be limited to foreign passports
 8 (visa stamps are not required), valid documentation issued by USCIS and
 9 consular identification documents. Eligibility for a driver's license
 10 shall not be conditioned on a particular immigration status. The commis-
 11 sioner may also provide that the application procedure shall include the
 12 taking of a photo image or images of the applicant in accordance with
 13 rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the
 14 commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide their social
 15 security number where such applicant is a legal immigrant, or individual
 16 taxpayer identification number (ITIN) or a letter or form from the
 17 United States social security administration that states that the appli-
 18 cant is not eligible or submit a sworn statement under the penalty of
 19 perjury, stating that the applicant does not have a social security
 20 number or ITIN, and shall provide space on the application so that the
 21 applicant may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor
 22 registry under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10597-01-5

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 1 with the following stated on the application in clear and conspicuous
 2 type:
 3 "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added
 4 to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
 5 tion'."
 6 The commissioner of the department of health shall not maintain
 7 records of any person who checks "skip this question". Failure to check
 8 a box shall not impair the validity of an application, and failure to
 9 check "yes" or checking "skip this question" shall not be construed to
 10 imply a wish not to donate. In the case of an applicant under eighteen
 11 years of age, checking "yes" shall not constitute consent to make an
 12 anatomical gift or registration in the donate life registry. Where an
 13 applicant has previously consented to make an anatomical gift or regis-
 14 tered in the donate life registry, checking "skip this question" or
 15 failing to check a box shall not impair that consent or registration. In
 16 addition, the commissioner also shall require that space shall be
 17 provided on the application so that the applicant may request a notation
 18 upon such license that such applica