NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8244

Senate Bill S8244

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends provisions of law relating to enforcement and support obligations through the suspension of driving privileges

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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May 27, 2025	referred to transportation

2025-S8244 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8432
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic
Laws Affected:: Amd §246, Chap 81 of 1995
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S6945, A7362

2025-S8244 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends provisions relating to enforcement of support obligations through the suspension of driving privileges.

2025-S8244 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8244

SPONSOR: PERSAUD
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, amending the vehicle and
traffic law and other laws relating to the enforcement of support
through the suspension of driving privileges, in relation to the effec-
tiveness thereof

 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

This bill will extend the driver license suspension process for two
years.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill will amend subdivision 19 of § 246 of Chapter 81
of the Laws of 1995 as amended by Chapter 196 of the Laws of 2023 to
extend the expiration date of the administrative driver license suspen-
sion process until August 31, 2027.

Section 2 of the bill will provide for an immediate effective date, or
if the bill is enacted on or after the current law's expiration date, it
will be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after August
31, 2025.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill will extend the driver license suspension process, a highly
successful enforcement process to collect child support obligations.
Using this process, the Child Support Program is able to: (1) identify a
parent who fails to pay child support and who also has a driver license;
and (2) notify the parent that their driver license will be suspended
unless child support payments are paid.

Federal law requires that each State must have a driver license suspen-
sion process to improve the effectiveness of child support enforcement
(42 United States Code § 666  
A 
16). New York's administrative process
satisfies this federal requirement and accounts for substantial
collections each year. The expiration of this enforcement tool will have
a considerable impact on New York families.

Failing to extend the driver license suspension process would result in
the loss of a powerful deterrent for the non-payment of child support
obligations. The driver license suspension process accounts for approxi-
mately $11 million in child support collections annually, with approxi-
mately 95 percent of the collections going to families.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This provision was last extended by Chapter 196 of the Laws of 2023 from
August 31, 2023 to August 31, 2025.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The bill provides for an immediate effective date and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after August 31, 2025.

2025-S8244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8244
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and
   Disability  Assistance)  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, amending the vehicle and
   traffic law and other laws relating  to  the  enforcement  of  support
   through  the  suspension  of  driving  privileges,  in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 19 of section 246 of chapter 81 of the laws of
 1995, amending the vehicle and traffic law and other  laws  relating  to
 the enforcement of support through the suspension of driving privileges,
 as  amended  by  chapter  196 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
 follows:
   19. Sections two hundred one, two hundred eight, two  hundred  eleven,
 two  hundred  thirteen,  two  hundred fifteen and two hundred sixteen of
 this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on August 31, [2025] 2027.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 if  this  act  shall  have  become a law on or after August 31, 2025, it
 shall be deemed to have been in full  force  and  effect  on  and  after
 August 31, 2025.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10174-01-5

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