Senate Bill S6951

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits sex offenders from operating automobiles participating in mobile application based transportation networks or being employed by such transportation networks

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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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2025-S6951 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §181, Gen Muni L; amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5725
2017-2018: S2600
2019-2020: S405
2021-2022: S5677
2023-2024: S4660

2025-S6951 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits sex offenders from operating automobiles participating in mobile application based transportation networks or being employed by such transportation networks.

2025-S6951 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6951 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6951
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LANZA, MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the  vehicle  and  traffic
   law,  in  relation to prohibiting sex offenders from operating automo-
   biles  participating  in  mobile  application   based   transportation
   networks or being employed by such transportation networks
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 181 of the general municipal  law,  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  NO PERSON REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN REGISTRATION UNDER ARTICLE SIX-C OF
 THE CORRECTION LAW SHALL OPERATE AN AUTOMOBILE FOR OR BE EMPLOYED BY ANY
 MOBILE APPLICATION BASED  TRANSPORTATION  NETWORK.  SUCH  TRANSPORTATION
 NETWORKS  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM A BACKGROUND CHECK ON ALL EMPLOY-
 EES THAT SHALL INCLUDE THE STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY.
   § 2. Section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A.  RESTRICTIONS  ON  LICENSE  TO DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR A MOBILE
 APPLICATION BASED TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. NO PERSON REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN
 REGISTRATION UNDER ARTICLE SIX-C OF THE CORRECTION LAW SHALL BE  PERMIT-
 TED  TO  MAINTAIN A LICENSE FOR PURPOSES OF OPERATING ANY AUTOMOBILE FOR
 OR BE EMPLOYED BY ANY MOBILE APPLICATION BASED  TRANSPORTATION  NETWORK.
 SUCH  TRANSPORTATION  NETWORKS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM A BACKGROUND
 CHECK ON ALL EMPLOYEES THAT SHALL INCLUDE THE STATE SEX OFFENDER  REGIS-
 TRY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11087-01-5

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