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Assembly Bill A11495

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status as evidence of identity for the issuance of an identification card

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2025-A11495 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10022
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §490, V & T L

2025-A11495 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status issued by OTDA as evidence of identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card.

2025-A11495 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11495
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gonzalez-Ro-
   jas) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to proof of
   identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read
 as follows:
   (IV) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 ESTABLISHING  PROOF  OF  IDENTITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A NON-DRIVER IDEN-
 TIFICATION CARD UNDER THIS ARTICLE, A CONFIRMATION OF TRAFFICKING VICTIM
 STATUS ISSUED BY THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE
 PURSUANT  TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-BB OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
 LAW SHALL BE ACCEPTED AS A FORM OF EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.    THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER MAY DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH CONFIRMATION SATISFIES THE
 IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15274-02-6

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