Senate Bill S9539

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows individuals to request a notation on their driver's license indicating that they have autism spectrum disorder, or any other medical, mental, or behavioral condition that may alter or impair their behavior

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S9539 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§502 & 504, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8859
2019-2020: S5900
2021-2022: S6981

2023-S9539 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows individuals to request a notation on their driver's license indicating that they have autism spectrum disorder, or any other medical, mental, or behavioral condition that may alter or impair their behavior; requires medical documentation to be submitted as proof upon such a request; directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to consult with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health to determine a list of such conditions and disorders that may be indicated on an individual's driver's license.

2023-S9539 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9539
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- 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  allowing
   individuals to request a notation on their driver's license indicating
   that they have autism spectrum disorder, or any other medical, mental,
   or behavioral condition that may alter or impair their behavior

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as separately amended by chapters 158 and 440 of the laws of 2021,
 is amended to read as follows:
   1. Application for license. Application for a driver's  license  shall
 be  made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
 with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
 ty, age, and fitness as  may  be  required  by  the  commissioner.  With
 respect  to  a non-commercial driver's license or learner's permit which
 does not meet federal standards for identification, in addition  to  the
 acceptable proofs of age and identity approved by the commissioner as of
 January first, two thousand nineteen, acceptable proof of identity shall
 also include, but not be limited to, a valid, unexpired foreign passport
 issued  by  the  applicant's country of citizenship (which shall also be
 eligible as proof of age), a valid,  unexpired  consular  identification
 document  issued by a consulate from the applicant's country of citizen-
 ship, or a valid foreign driver's license that includes a photo image of
 the applicant and which is unexpired or expired for  less  than  twenty-
 four  months  of its date of expiration, as primary forms of such proof.
 Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be deemed  to  preclude  the
 commissioner  from approving additional proofs of identity and age.  The
 license shall display the sex designation of M, F, or X as certified  by
 the  applicant, with no additional documentation required. The applicant
 may amend the sex designation of their driver's  license  upon  request.
 Upon amendment of the sex designation, the change shall be made consist-
 ent through all affiliated records within the control of the department.
 The  commissioner  may also provide that the application procedure shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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