Bill Text: NY A06708 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the commissioner's report on issuing driver's licenses to immigrants, especially those who have a deferred action status or are registered provisional immigrants as determined by the federal government.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-06 - enacting clause stricken [A06708 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06708-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6708 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, ARROYO, DAVILA, PICHARDO, RAMOS, RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the commis- sioner of motor vehicles' report on issuing drivers' licenses to immi- grants The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 200 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. The commissioner shall report to the governor and legislature any 4 process and/or further legislative action necessary to allow agents 5 issuing drivers' licenses to accept as primary proof of identification, 6 documents related to an individual's federal immigration status as 7 deferred action or a registered provisional immigrant. This report shall 8 be submitted to the governor and legislature no later than June first, 9 two thousand twenty. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10528-01-9
