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S 2088: Requires rental vehicles have any personal information removed from the vehicle once returned.
What S 2088 does, verified June 16, 2026
The bill aims to protect the personal information of customers when renting vehicles. Rental vehicle companies must remove all personal information from the vehicle once it is returned to the customer. This means that personal details such as license plates, phone numbers, and addresses will be erased from the vehicle's systems and any physical records will be destroyed. The changes will take effect thirty days after the bill becomes a law.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN (2026-06-15)Alert me
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| Jun. 15, 2026 | RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 193 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2088 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring rental vehicles have any personal information removed from the vehicle once returned The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 391-r to read as follows: 3 § 391-r. Personal information on rental vehicles. Any person, firm, 4 partnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of rent- 5 ing motor vehicles shall, upon receipt of a rental vehicle from a 6 customer, remove all personal information from such vehicle relating to 7 the customer. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03396-02-5
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