A11495 Summary:
| BILL NO | A11495 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S10022 |
| SPONSOR | Rules (Gonzalez-Rojas) |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §490, V & T L | |
| Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status issued by OTDA as evidence of identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card. | |
A11495 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11495 IN ASSEMBLY May 28, 2026 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gonzalez-Ro- jas) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to proof of identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read 3 as follows: 4 (iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of 5 establishing proof of identity for the issuance of a non-driver iden- 6 tification card under this article, a confirmation of trafficking victim 7 status issued by the office of temporary and disability assistance 8 pursuant to section four hundred eighty-three-bb of the social services 9 law shall be accepted as a form of evidence of identity. The commis- 10 sioner may determine the extent to which such confirmation satisfies the 11 identification requirements established by the department. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15274-02-6