NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2380

Senate Bill S2380

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Disallows the suspension or revocation of a domestic violence victim's driver's license or registration for non-payment or lapse of insurance coverage

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Jan 16, 2025	referred to transportation

2025-S2380 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §318, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S7495
2023-2024: S2645

2025-S2380 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Disallows the suspension or revocation of a domestic violence victim's driver's license or registration for non-payment or lapse of insurance coverage upon a proper showing of current insurance and a court order or attorney affirmation that such individual is in fact a victim of domestic violence.

2025-S2380 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2380

SPONSOR: MATTERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to disallowing
suspension or revocation of a domestic violence victim's driver's
license or registration for non-payment or lapse of insurance coverage

 
PURPOSE:

In the event a victim of domestic violence can prove through a court
order or affirmation of an attorney that she/he is in fact a victim of
domestic violence the Department of Motor vehicle shall honor a request
to waive any suspensions of drivers licenses or registrations due to the
non-payment or lapse in insurance coverage and allow said victim upon a
proper showing of current insurance to immediately reregister a vehicle
and end any license suspensions and waive any suspension terminations
fees.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding new subdi-
vision 16

Section 2 is the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Victims of domestic violence are regularly isolated from their finances
and often uninformed of suspension notices especially when the parties
are residing together. Allowing the victim who has moved forward in an
effort to extradite herself from this abusive situation is in the best
interest of the State in that she will be able to obtain employment and
will not be burdensome to the taxpayers. The victim who has already been
abused should not be secondarily abused by the State.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S7495 2022 - Referred to Transportation

S2645 23-24 - Referred to Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S2380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2380
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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  disallowing
   suspension  or  revocation  of  a  domestic violence victim's driver's
   license or registration for non-payment or lapse of insurance coverage

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  318 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. (A) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION, NO REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION ORDER SHALL BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION,  OR  IF SUCH REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED, IT
 SHALL BE TERMINATED UPON A PROPER SHOWING OF CURRENT EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL
 SECURITY, IF THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE THAT THE  PERSON  INVOLVED
 IS  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT
 FINANCIAL SECURITY WAS NOT IN EFFECT DUE  TO  NON-PAYMENT  OR  LAPSE  OF
 COVERAGE  AND  THE FAILURE TO HAVE SUCH FINANCIAL SECURITY IN EFFECT WAS
 CAUSED SOLELY BY THE NEGLIGENCE OR MALFEASANCE OF A  PERSON  OTHER  THAN
 SUCH VICTIM.
   (B)  THE  BURDEN  OF PROVING LACK OF KNOWLEDGE THAT FINANCIAL SECURITY
 WAS NOT IN EFFECT AND THAT SUCH FAILURE RESULTED SOLELY FROM THE  NEGLI-
 GENCE  OR  MALFEASANCE  OF  ANOTHER  SHALL BE UPON THE PERSON SEEKING TO
 AVOID REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION ACTION. SUCH FACTS SHALL  BE  ESTABLISHED
 BY  CLEAR  AND  CONVINCING EVIDENCE, EITHER BY THE SUBMISSION OF AFFIDA-
 VITS, A COURT ORDER, OR AT A HEARING CALLED IN  THE  DISCRETION  OF  THE
 COMMISSIONER.
   (C)  A  DETERMINATION  BY  THE COMMISSIONER THAT THE PERSON SEEKING TO
 AVOID REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION ACTION  FOR  FAILURE  TO  HAVE  FINANCIAL
 SECURITY  IN  EFFECT  AS A RESULT OF BEING A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 SHALL RELIEVE SUCH VICTIM OF THE PENALTIES AND DISABILITIES PROVIDED  IN
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06419-01-5

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