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Senate Bill S9941

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits insurers from refusing to renew a policy on certain automobiles used for volunteer social service transportation

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2025-S9941 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5710
Current Committee:
Senate Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3425, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9525
2023-2024: A9365

2025-S9941 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits insurers from refusing to renew a policy on certain automobiles used for volunteer social service transportation.

2025-S9941 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9941 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9941
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 16, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to  prohibiting  insurers
   from refusing to renew a policy on certain automobiles used for volun-
   teer social service transportation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (s) of section 3425 of  the  insurance  law,  as
 added by chapter 408 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (s)  With  respect to automobile insurance, no insurer shall refuse to
 issue or renew a covered  individually-owned  private  passenger  policy
 solely  on  the  [ground]  GROUNDS  that the motor vehicle to be insured
 under such policy shall  be  used  for  volunteer  firefighting  OR  FOR
 PERFORMING VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR A NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION OR
 GOVERNMENTAL  AGENCY  CONSISTING OF PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICE TRANSPORTA-
 TION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law and shall apply to insurance policies issued or deliv-
 ered on and after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09933-03-6

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