New York S 9941: Prohibits insurers from refusing to renew a policy on certain automobiles used for volunteer social service transportation

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S09941 Summary:

BILL NOS09941 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05710-A

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3425, Ins L

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Prohibits insurers from refusing to renew a policy on certain automobiles used for volunteer social service transportation.

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BILL NOS09941 

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04/16/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

05/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.889

05/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/06/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A5710A

&nbspA05710 AMEND=A Solages

&nbsp02/20/2025referred to insurance

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to insurance

&nbsp03/12/2026amend (t) and recommit to insurance

&nbsp03/12/2026print number 5710a

&nbsp03/18/2026reported 

&nbsp03/19/2026advanced to third reading cal.317

&nbsp03/23/2026passed assembly

&nbsp03/23/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp03/23/2026REFERRED TO INSURANCE

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9941

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.889

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9941

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance

 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to prohibiting insurers
 from refusing to renew a policy on certain automobiles used for volun-
 teer social service transportation

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

 1 Section 1. Subsection (s) of section 3425 of the insurance law, as
 2 added by chapter 408 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 3 (s) With respect to automobile insurance, no insurer shall refuse to
 4 issue or renew a covered individually-owned private passenger policy
 5 solely on the [ground] grounds that the motor vehicle to be insured
 6 under such policy shall be used for volunteer firefighting or for
 7 performing volunteer services for a nonprofit charitable organization or
 8 governmental agency consisting of providing social service transporta-
 9 tion.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law and shall apply to insurance policies issued or deliv-
 12 ered on and after such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09933-03-6

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