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Senate Bill S2088

2025-2026 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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2025-S2088 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-r, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9284

2025-S2088 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires rental vehicles have any personal information removed from the vehicle once returned.

2025-S2088 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2088
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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.
                                                            LBD03396-02-5

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