A 6808: Permits insurers to provide certain loss prevention and risk management electronics, equipment, devices or special offers to insureds and prospective insureds.
What A 6808 does, verified January 10, 2026
The proposed law aims to permit insurance companies to provide certain loss prevention and risk management devices to insureds and prospective insureds. These devices can include loss reduction or safety-related electronics, equipment, or items, such as special offers or incentives, designed to help manage risks or promote driver safety. The law does not require identical devices to be provided to all insureds and prospective insureds, but rather allows for similar devices to be offered. The law will take effect immediately upon passage.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to insurance (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6808
- What is the current status of A 6808?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 6808 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 insurance".
- Did A 6808 pass?
- Not yet. A 6808 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6808, and where is it now?
- A 6808 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Insurance. It is filed under ISC, alongside 202 other New York ISC bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to insurance |
| Mar. 14, 2025 | referred to insurance |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 14, 2025 · 251 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6808 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Insurance AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to permitting insurers to provide certain loss prevention and risk management devices to insureds and prospective insureds The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2324 of the insurance law is amended by adding a 2 new subsection (d-1) to read as follows: 3 (d-1) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit an insurer, 4 or a person acting in conjunction with, or on behalf of an insurer, from 5 providing an insured, or a prospective insured, with loss reduction or 6 safety related electronics, equipment or devices or items, or special 7 offers or other things of value or incentives designed to assist an 8 insured under a policy in managing the risks they may face while they 9 are an insured or in promoting driver safety for prospective insureds. 10 In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, an insurer may 11 provide similar but not necessarily identical devices or items to 12 insureds and prospective insureds. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02416-01-5
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