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S 5135: Provides for automatic enrollment to NY-Alert on the application for a learner's permit, driver's license, non-driver identification card, or renewal thereof; requires a space for an applicant to opt out of such enrollment.
What S 5135 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill proposes to automatically enroll individuals in the NY-Alert system when they apply for a learner's permit, driver's license, non-driver identification card, or renewal thereof. This means that the commissioner will enroll applicants in the state's alert system, known as alert.ny.gov, or ny-alert, unless they choose to decline this option on the application. The bill takes effect 180 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5135
- What is the current status of S 5135?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5135 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 S 5135 pass?
- Not yet. S 5135 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5135, and where is it now?
- S 5135 was authored by Sen. Peter Harckham. Its committee of record is Senate Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Feb. 19, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 19, 2025 · 315 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5135 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 providing for automatic enrollment to NY-Alert on the application for a learner's permit, driver's license, non-driver identification card, or renewal thereof 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. NY-Alert enrollment. The commissioner, in consultation with the 4 director of the office of information technology services, shall enroll 5 any person who applies to the commissioner for such permit, license, or 6 card or renewal thereof in the state office of information technology 7 services alert system known as alert.ny.gov, or NY-Alert. Provided, 8 however, that the commissioner shall provide separate space on the 9 application for a learner's permit, driver's license, non-driver iden- 10 tification card, or renewal thereof so that any person who applies to 11 the commissioner for such permit, license, or card or renewal thereof 12 may opt to decline to be enrolled in such alert system. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 14 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 15 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 16 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 17 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09714-01-5
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