S 4631: Relates to requiring an updated signature and photo image for renewal and display on a renewed license.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4631 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 renewal of drivers' licenses The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) A license issued pursuant to subdivision five of this section 5 shall be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless such 6 license is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be renewed 7 by submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by law, 8 proofs of prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision prescribed by 9 the commissioner, the applicant's social security number or, in lieu 10 thereof, with respect to an application for a non-commercial driver's 11 license or learner's permit which does not meet federal standards for 12 identification, an affidavit signed by such applicant that they have not 13 been issued a social security number, an updated signature and [if 14 required by the commissioner,] a photo image of the applicant, which 15 shall be displayed on the applicant's new license, in such numbers and 16 form as the commissioner shall prescribe. In addition, an applicant for 17 renewal of a license containing a hazardous material endorsement shall 18 pass an examination to retain such endorsement. The commissioner shall, 19 with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials endorsement, comply 20 with the requirements imposed upon states by sections 383.141 and 21 1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regulations. A renewal of 22 such license shall be issued by the commissioner upon approval of such 23 application, except that no such license shall be issued if its issuance 24 would be inconsistent with the provisions of section five hundred 25 sixteen of this title, and except that the commissioner may refuse to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08863-01-5 
 S. 4631 2 1 renew such license if the applicant is the holder of a currently valid 2 or renewable license to drive issued by another state or foreign country 3 unless the applicant surrenders such license. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 5 have become a law.