New York S 9298: Requires rental vehicle companies provide for additional liability insurance on rental vehicles

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S09298 Summary:

BILL NOS09298 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10528

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRCOONEY

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Amd §311, V & T L

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Requires rental vehicle companies provide for additional liability insurance on rental vehicles and have such insurance be primary during each rental period.

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02/26/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9298

 IN SENATE

 February 26, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 requiring
 rental vehicle companies provide for additional liability insurance on
 rental vehicles

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 311 of the vehicle and traffic law
 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
 3 (a-1) In the case of the owner being a rental vehicle company, as
 4 defined in section three hundred ninety-six-z of the general business
 5 law, the owner shall provide for the rental vehicle no less than three
 6 times the amount of financial responsibility described in paragraph (a)
 7 of this subdivision. A rental vehicle company's liability insurance
 8 policy, or any other instrument used to satisfy the financial responsi-
 9 bility requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, shall be
 10 primary during each rental period; and
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 14 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 15 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15025-01-6

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