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Home/Bills/S 2729New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 2729: Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall waive the payment of fees for license plates if the new plates required are due to a change in plate design.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What S 2729 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill proposes to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law in New York State. The main point is that the commissioner has the authority to waive the payment of fees required for license plates if the number plates are changed due to a design change. This means that if the state updates the design of the license plates, the fees associated with the new design will be waived for those who apply for the new plates.

Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Jan. 22, 2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 22, 2025 · 168 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2729 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 fees charged for license plates The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows: 3 e. The commissioner shall waive the payment of fees required by para- 4 graph a of this subdivision if the number plates applied for are 5 required due to a change in plate design. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06898-01-5 
Text of S 2729 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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