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A 6442: Requires department of motor vehicle forms, tests and applications for permits and licenses in a city with a population of one million or more to be available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi.
What A 6442 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law to require certain motor vehicle forms and applications to be made available in Punjabi, Bengali, and Hindi. The law will ensure that written tests, forms, and applications for an initial learner's permit or driver's license are available in these languages for cities with a population of one million or more. The commissioner will also provide translation and interpretation services in these languages to individuals applying for a learner's permit or driver's license upon their request. The bill will take effect one year after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6442
- What is the current status of A 6442?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 6442 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to transportation".
- Did A 6442 pass?
- Not yet. A 6442 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6442, and where is it now?
- A 6442 was authored by Asm. Jenifer Rajkumar with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | referred to transportation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 4, 2025 · 281 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6442 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring certain motor vehicle forms and applications to be available in Punja- bi, Bengali and Hindi The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. Forms to be made available in certain foreign languages. Except 4 as otherwise prohibited by federal law, rule or regulation the commis- 5 sioner shall, within a city having a population of one million or more, 6 ensure that all written tests, forms and applications for an initial 7 learner's permit or driver's license issued pursuant to the provisions 8 of this article are also available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi and 9 provide translation and interpretation services in such languages to a 10 person applying for such learner's permit or driver's license in such 11 city, upon his or her request. Nothing contained in this subdivision 12 shall be deemed to prohibit the commissioner from making such tests, 13 forms, applications, and translation and interpretation services avail- 14 able in other languages. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 16 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05598-01-5
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