New York S 5487: Allows certificates of marriage from foreign governments and religious institutions as acceptable documentation to change a name on a driver's license or non-driver identification card

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S05487 Summary:

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Allows valid certificates of marriage from foreign governments and religious institutions as acceptable documentation to change a name on a driver's license, learner's permit, or identification card.

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5487

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 allowing
 valid certificates of marriage from foreign governments and religious
 institutions as acceptable documentation to change a name on the driv-
 er's license or non-driver identification card

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

 1 Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. In addition to any other documentation acceptable to the commis-
 4 sioner for the purposes of changing a person's name on a driver's
 5 license pursuant to subdivision one of this section, the commissioner
 6 may accept a valid certificate of marriage from the government of a
 7 foreign country or from a bona fide religious institution that issues
 8 certificates of marriage in a foreign country.
 9 § 2. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 10 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
 11 3-a. In addition to any other documentation acceptable to the commis-
 12 sioner for the purposes of changing a person's name on a learner's
 13 permit pursuant to subdivisions two and three of this section, the
 14 commissioner may accept a valid certificate of marriage from the govern-
 15 ment of a foreign country or from a bona fide religious institution that
 16 issues certificates of marriage in a foreign country.
 17 § 3. Section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 18 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 19 2-a. In addition to any other documentation acceptable to the commis-
 20 sioner for purposes of changing a person's name on an identification
 21 card, the commissioner may accept a valid certificate of marriage from
 22 the government of a foreign country or from a bona fide religious insti-
 23 tution that issues certificates of marriage in a foreign country.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09695-01-5

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 1 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 2 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 3 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 4 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 5 on or before such date.

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