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A 1459: Issues non-driver identification cards to certain persons with suspended driving privileges due to a driving while intoxicated arrest.
What A 1459 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to issue non-driver identification cards to individuals whose driver's licenses have been suspended due to various reasons. When a court suspends a driver's license, the department will immediately issue a non-driver identification card with a photo of the suspended driver. This non-driver identification card will be in the same form as any other non-driver identification card issued under the law. The bill takes effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| Jan. 09, 2025 | referred to transportation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 9, 2025 · 257 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1459 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to issuing non-driver identification cards to certain persons with suspended driving privileges The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 2 1193 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new clause f 3 to read as follows: 4 f. When a court suspends a driver's license under this subparagraph, 5 the department shall immediately issue to the person whose driver's 6 license was suspended a non-driver identification card with a photo of 7 such person. The non-driver identification card shall be in the same 8 form as any other non-driver identification card issued under section 9 four hundred ninety of this chapter. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 11 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 12 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 13 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 14 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03952-01-5
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