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S 8367: Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent.
What S 8367 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to modify the Estates, Powers and Trusts Law in New York. It allows a surviving spouse or decedent's children to acquire a motor vehicle from the estate, regardless of the decedent's ownership of other vehicles. The vehicle's value must exceed $50,000. If the spouse or children acquire the vehicle, they can choose to pay the estate the difference or receive the amount in cash, up to $50,000. If the vehicle was a specific legacy in the decedent's will, the excess amount will vest in the specific legatee. The changes will take effect on January 1st.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: REFERRED TO RULES (2025-06-05)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8367
- What is the current status of S 8367?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 8367 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 5, 2025, was "REFERRED TO RULES".
- Did S 8367 pass?
- Not yet. S 8367 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 8367, and where is it now?
- S 8367 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Its committee of record is Senate Rules.
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| Jun. 05, 2025 | REFERRED TO RULES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 5, 2025 · 390 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8367 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- (at request of the Department of Motor Vehicles) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 5 of paragraph (a) of section 5-3.1 of the 2 estates, powers and trusts law, as amended by chapter 437 of the laws of 3 2010, is amended to read as follows: 4 (5) One motor vehicle not exceeding in value [twenty-five] fifty thou- 5 sand dollars. In the alternative, if the decedent shall have been the 6 owner of one or more motor vehicles each of which exceed [twenty-five] 7 fifty thousand dollars in value, the surviving spouse or decedent's 8 children may acquire one such motor vehicle from the estate, regardless 9 of the fact that the decedent may also have been the owner of another 10 motor vehicle of lesser value than [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars, 11 by payment to the estate of the amount by which the value of the motor 12 vehicle exceeds [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars; in lieu of receiv- 13 ing such motor vehicle, the surviving spouse or children may elect to 14 receive in cash an amount equal to the value of the motor vehicle, not 15 to exceed [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars. If any motor vehicle so 16 acquired by the spouse or children of the decedent was a specific legacy 17 in decedent's will, the payment to the estate of the amount by which the 18 value of the motor vehicle exceeds [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars 19 shall vest in the specific legatee. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 21 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09978-01-5
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