S05490 Summary:
| BILL NO | S05490 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | ASHBY |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §504, V & T L | |
| Allows persons in recovery to have a distinguishing mark printed on their driver's license for cases of medical emergencies. | |
S05490 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5490 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- 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 allowing persons in recovery to have a distinguishing mark printed on their driver's license for cases of medical emergencies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows: 3 (a-2) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who opts 4 to distinguish as a person in recovery shall, upon the applicant's 5 request and submission of an application for renewal or issuance of such 6 license, contain a distinguishing mark of "R" indicating that the appli- 7 cant is a person in recovery. The commissioner shall not require fees 8 for the issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons 9 requesting an "R" distinguishing mark which are different from fees 10 otherwise required. For the purposes of this section, a "person in 11 recovery" shall mean any person who would like their license to specify 12 for cases of medical emergencies that such person is in some form of 13 drug or alcohol recovery. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02995-01-5