New York A 8516: Relates to the "driver's license access and privacy act"

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A08516 Summary:

BILL NOA08516 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04736

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Amd §§201 & 502, V & T L

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Authorizes the department of motor vehicles to issue standard drivers' licenses; restricts what information can be retained and given out on those applying or holding standard drivers' licenses.

Go to top A08516 Actions:

BILL NOA08516 

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05/20/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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Go to topA08516 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8516

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
 of non-commercial drivers' licenses and learners' permits

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 9 and 10 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 12
 2 of section 201 of the vehicle and traffic law, subdivisions 9 and 10 as
 3 added by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019 and paragraph (a) of subdivision
 4 12 as amended by section 1 of part YYY of chapter 58 of the laws of
 5 2020, are amended to read as follows:
 6 9. The commissioner shall not disclose or otherwise make accessible
 7 original documents or copies of documents collected from non-commercial
 8 driver's license or learner's permit applicants or renewal applicants to
 9 prove identity, age, or fitness except: (a) to the person who is the
 10 subject of such documents; or (b) where expressly required pursuant to
 11 chapter three hundred three of part A of subtitle vi of title forty-nine
 12 of the United States code; or (c) unless necessary to comply with a
 13 lawful court order, judicial warrant signed by a judge appointed pursu-
 14 ant to article III of the United States constitution, or subpoena for
 15 individual records properly issued pursuant to the criminal procedure
 16 law or the civil practice law and rules; or (d) as required for the
 17 commissioner to issue or renew a driver's license or learner's permit
 18 that meets federal standards for identification.
 19 10. The commissioner shall not disclose or otherwise make accessible
 20 any portion of any record that identifies whether the type of driver's
 21 license or learner's permit that a person holds either meets federal
 22 standards for identification or does not meet federal standards for
 23 identification except: (a) to the person who is the subject of such
 24 record; or (b) where expressly required pursuant to chapter three
 25 hundred three of part A of subtitle vi of title forty-nine of the United

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09445-01-5

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 1 States code; or (c) unless necessary to comply with a lawful court
 2 order, judicial warrant signed by a judge appointed pursuant to article
 3 III of the United States constitution, or subpoena for individual
 4 records properly issued pursuant to the criminal procedure law or the
 5 civil practice law and rules; or (d) as required for the commissioner to
 6 issue or renew a driver's license or learner's permit that meets federal
 7 standards for identification.
 8 (a) Except as required for the commissioner to issue or renew a driv-
 9 er's license or learner's permit that meets federal standards for iden-
 10 tification, as necessary for an individual seeking acceptance into a
 11 trusted traveler program, or to facilitate vehicle imports and/or
 12 exports, the commissioner, and any agent or employee of the commission-
 13 er, shall not disclose or make accessible in any manner records or
 14 information that [he or she maintains] they maintain, to any agency that
 15 primarily enforces immigration law or to any employee or agent of such
 16 agency, unless the commissioner is presented with a lawful court order
 17 or judicial warrant signed by a judge appointed pursuant to article III
 18 of the United States constitution. Upon receiving a request