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Senate Bill S9284A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires vehicle rental agreements instruct renters to remove personal information before returning the vehicle and permits rental vehicles to have decals informing the renter to remove such information

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2023-S9284 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9924
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §396-z, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S2088

2023-S9284 - Summary

Requires vehicle rental agreements instruct renters to remove personal information before returning the vehicle; permits rental vehicles to have decals informing the renter to remove such information when returning the vehicle.

2023-S9284 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9284 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9284
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   rental vehicles have any personal information removed from the vehicle
   once returned
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 391-r to read as follows:
   § 391-R. PERSONAL INFORMATION ON RENTAL VEHICLES.  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,
 PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF RENT-
 ING  MOTOR  VEHICLES  SHALL,  UPON  RECEIPT  OF  A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM A
 CUSTOMER, REMOVE ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM SUCH VEHICLE RELATING  TO
 THE CUSTOMER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14886-01-4

2023-S9284A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9924
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §396-z, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S2088

2023-S9284A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires vehicle rental agreements instruct renters to remove personal information before returning the vehicle; permits rental vehicles to have decals informing the renter to remove such information when returning the vehicle.

2023-S9284A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9284A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9284--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to personal infor-
   mation being removed from rental vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  396-z  of the general business law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. A RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY SHALL:
   (A) INCLUDE IN THE CAR  RENTAL  AGREEMENT  A  CLAUSE  INSTRUCTING  THE
 RENTER TO REMOVE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM VEHICLES BEFORE RETURN-
 ING THE VEHICLE.
   (B)  HAVE  THE  OPTION  TO  PLACE  INSIDE  ALL RENTAL VEHICLES A DECAL
 INSTRUCTING RENTERS TO REMOVE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM THE  VEHI-
 CLE BEFORE RETURNING THE VEHICLE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided however that the amendments to section 396-z
 of the general business law made  by  section  one  of  this  act  shall
 survive  the  expiration  and  reversion  of such section as provided in
 subdivision (a) of section 4 of chapter 109 of  the  laws  of  2018,  as
 amended.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14886-05-4

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