| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2026 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S9067
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 36th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
2025-S9067 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10553
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1693, V & T L
2025-S9067 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9067
SPONSOR: BAILEY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to financial
responsibility requirements for transportation network companies
PURPOSE:
To align the uninsured motorist insurance requirements for Transporta-
tion Network Companies (TNCs) with the existing requirements for other
for-hire vehicles (FHVs) and taxicabs.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1693(3)(a). It
removes the requirement for TNCs to provide supplementary
uninsured/underinsured motorist (SUM) insurance in the amount of
$1,250,000 while a driver is engaged in a prearranged trip. It replaces
this provision with a requirement to provide uninsured motorist coverage
in the minimal amount and form provided for in subsection (f) of section
2025-S9067 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
9067
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2026
___________
Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 financial
responsibility requirements for transportation network companies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 1693 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part AAA of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The following automobile financial responsibility insurance
requirements shall apply while a TNC driver is engaged in a TNC prear-
ranged trip: insurance against loss from the liability imposed by law
for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of
bodily injury to or death of any person, and injury to or destruction of
property arising out of the ownership, maintenance, use, or operation of
a specific personal vehicle or vehicles within this state, or elsewhere
in the United States in North America or Canada, subject to a limit,
exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each such occurrence,
of at least one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars because of
bodily injury to or death of any person, and injury to or destruction of
property provided however, that such policy need not be for a period
coterminous with the registration period of the personal vehicle
insured, and coverage in satisfaction of the financial responsibility
requirements set forth in section three thousand four hundred twenty of
the insurance law, article fifty-one of the insurance law; [coverage
provided in accordance with subsection (f) of section three thousand
four hundred twenty of the insurance law, providing supplementary
uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance for bodily injury, in the
amount of one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars because of
bodily injury to or death of any person in any one accident;] UNINSURED
MOTORISTS COVERAGE IN THE MINIMAL AMOUNT AND IN THE FORM PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBSECTION (F) OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE
INSURANCE LAW; and such other requirements or regulations that may apply
for the purposes of satisfying the financial responsibility requirements
with respect to the use or operation of a motor vehicle.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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