New York A 2651: Specifying conditions for the issuance of optional mobile or digital alternatives to driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards

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A02651 Summary:

BILL NOA02651 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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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; add §382-c, Exec L

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Specifies conditions for the issuance of optional mobile or digital alternatives to driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards; prohibits law enforcement from seeking consent for phone searches during identity verifications using mobile or digital alternatives to driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.

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BILL NOA02651 

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01/21/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2651

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 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 specifying
 conditions for the issuance of optional mobile or digital alternatives
 to driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards; and to amend
 the executive law, in relation to prohibiting law enforcement from
 seeking consent for phone searches during identity verifications using
 mobile or digital alternatives to driver's licenses and non-driver
 identification cards

 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. 1. The department's optional mobile or digital alternatives to
 5 driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards shall be subject
 6 to all of the following requirements:
 7 (a) The alternative licenses shall be approved by the superintendent
 8 of the state police.
 9 (b) The alternative products shall be provided at no cost to the state
 10 or to the participant.
 11 (c) A user who no longer wishes to have a digital alternative to a
 12 driver's license or non-driver identification card may request the
 13 deletion of any data associated with their digital alternative to a
 14 driver's license or non-driver identification card. Within ten days of
 15 any such request, the department and all entities contracted with the
 16 department for the purpose of effectuating the program shall delete all
 17 data collected or maintained pertaining to that user.
 18 (d) All users shall receive a physical license or non-driver identifi-
 19 cation card and shall have the option of downloading the digital driv-
 20 er's license or non-driver identification card. No user shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03254-02-5

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 1 required to download the digital driver's license or non-driver iden-
 2 tification card.
 3 2. In developing and implementing the use of digital driver's licenses
 4 and non-driver identification cards, the department shall ensure the
 5 protection of personal information and include security features that
 6 protect against unauthorized access to information, including, but not
 7 limited to, all of the following:
 8 (a) Ensuring that use of the digital driver's license or non-driver
 9 identification card does not require handing over one's digital device
 10 to any other person or entity when using the digital driver's license or
 11 non-driver identification card.
 12 (b) Ensuring that any remote access to the digital driver's license or
 13 non-driver identification card shall require the express, affirmative,
 14 real-time consent of the person whose digital driver's license or non-
 15 driver identification card is being requested for each piece of informa-
 16 tion being requested and shall be limited to only that information which
 17 is provided on a physical driver's license or non-driver identification
 18 card.
 19 (c) Ensuring that the digital driver's license or non-driver identifi-
 20 cation card, as well as any mobile application required for the digital
 21 driver's license o