New York A 5720: Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of optional mobile or digital alternatives to driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards

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A05720 Summary:

BILL NOA05720 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03153

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §504-a, V & T L

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Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of optional mobile or digital alternatives to driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards if specified requirements are met; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Go to top A05720 Actions:

BILL NOA05720 

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02/20/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5720

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
 the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a pilot program to
 evaluate the use of optional mobile or digital alternatives to driv-
 er's licenses and non-driver identification cards if specified
 requirements are met; and to provide for the repeal of such provisions
 upon expiration thereof

 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. Digital driver's licenses and non-driver identification
 4 cards.
 5 1. The department may establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of
 6 optional mobile or digital alternatives to driver's licenses and non-
 7 driver identification cards, subject to all of the following require-
 8 ments:
 9 (a) The alternative licenses shall be approved by the superintendent
 10 of the state police.
 11 (b) The pilot program shall be limited to no more than five tenths
 12 (0.5) percent of licensed drivers for the purpose of the evaluation.
 13 (c) The alternative products to be evaluated shall be provided at no
 14 cost to the state or to the participant.
 15 (d) Any pilot program established by the department pursuant to this
 16 subdivision shall be completed no later than January first, two thousand
 17 thirty-two.
 18 (e) Any pilot program established by the department pursuant to this
 19 subdivision shall be limited to persons who have voluntarily chosen to
 20 participate in the pilot program.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03254-01-5

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 1 (f) A participant in any pilot program established by the department
 2 pursuant to this section may terminate their participation in the pilot
 3 program at any time, and may, upon termination, request the deletion of
 4 any data associated with their participation in the program. Within ten
 5 days of any such request, the department and all entities contracted
 6 with the department for the purpose of effectuating the pilot program
 7 shall delete all data collected or maintained pursuant to the partic-
 8 ipant's participation in the program.
 9 (g) All participants shall receive both a physical and digital driv-
 10 er's license or non-driver identification card.
 11 2. In developing and implementing the use of digital driver's licenses
 12 and non-driver identification cards, the department shall ensure the
 13 protection of personal information and include security features that
 14 protect against unauthorized access to information, including, but not
 15 limited to, all of the following:
 16 (a) Ensuring that use of the digital driver's license or non-driver
 17 identification card does not require handing over one's digital device
 18 to any other person or entity when using the digital driver's license or
 19 non-driver identification card.
 20 (b) Ensuring that any remote access to the digital driver's license or
 21 non-driver identification card shall require the express, affirmative,
 22 real-time consent of the person whose digital driver's license or non-
 23 driver identification card is being requested for each piece of informa-
 24 tion being