S 6556 NY
Relates to driver's license lists and operating record information
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Summary
This bill allows the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner to contract with private companies and public entities to provide lists of driver's license and partial operating records. The information that can be shared is limited to specific fields including driver's license number, state of issuance, violation date, summons number, violation and disposition descriptions, and scofflaw status. Recipients of this information must sign a written agreement agreeing to comply with the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994. Standard copying and processing fees do not apply to records provided under these contracts. The act takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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Official abstract
Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles may contract with private companies or public entities to provide lists of driver's license and partial operating records maintained and collected by the department of motor vehicles.
Sponsor (1)
- Jeremy Cooney Democratic · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
- Jamaal Bailey Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (3)
- Mar 17, 2025 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION · upper
- May 19, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S06556 Summary: BILL NO S06556   SAME AS SAME AS A00061
  SPONSOR COONEY   COSPNSR BAILEY   MLTSPNSR   Amd §202, V & T L   Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles may contract with private companies or public entities to provide lists of driver's license and partial operating records maintained and collected by the department of motor vehicles.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
6556
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 17, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 driver's license lists and operating record information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 202 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. Driver's license lists and operating record information. The 4 commissioner may contract with private companies or public entities to 5 provide lists of driver's license and partial operating records main- 6 tained and collected by the department pursuant to this chapter. The 7 fees provided by this section shall not apply to copies of records 8 furnished under any such contract. Any such contract shall be limited to 9 only that part of the driver's license and operating record describing 10 the: driver's license number, driver's license state of issuance, 11 violation date, summons number, violation description, disposition date, 12 disposition description and scofflaw information. The department shall 13 not furnish such information except upon execution by the recipient of a 14 written agreement to comply with the federal Driver's Privacy Protection 15 Act of 1994, as amended, (18 U.S.C. § 2721 et seq.). 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00437-01-5
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