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Senate Bill S4341

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires certain department of motor vehicle forms and applications to be available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi

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2025-S4341 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6442
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4620
2019-2020: S2795
2021-2022: S5840
2023-2024: S2884, A3334

2025-S4341 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires department of motor vehicle forms, tests and applications for permits and licenses in a city with a population of one million or more to be available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi.

2025-S4341 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4341 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4341
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  requiring
   certain motor vehicle forms and applications to be available in Punja-
   bi, Bengali and Hindi

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10.  FORMS  TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN CERTAIN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.  EXCEPT
 AS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL, WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,
 ENSURE THAT ALL WRITTEN TESTS, FORMS AND  APPLICATIONS  FOR  AN  INITIAL
 LEARNER'S  PERMIT  OR DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS ARTICLE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN PUNJABI,  BENGALI  AND  HINDI  AND
 PROVIDE  TRANSLATION  AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN SUCH LANGUAGES TO A
 PERSON APPLYING FOR SUCH LEARNER'S PERMIT OR DRIVER'S  LICENSE  IN  SUCH
 CITY,  UPON  HIS  OR HER REQUEST.  NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE COMMISSIONER  FROM  MAKING  SUCH  TESTS,
 FORMS,  APPLICATIONS, AND TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAIL-
 ABLE IN OTHER LANGUAGES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05598-01-5

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