Bill Text: NY S01162 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides a religious exemption for the requirement to have a photograph taken for a driver's license or learner's permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01162 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S01162-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1162 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- 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 a religious exemption for the requirement to have a photograph taken for a driver's license or learner's permit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 507 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. Photograph religious exemption. A person shall not be required to 4 have their photograph taken for a driver's license or learner's permit 5 when such person holds genuine and sincere religious beliefs which are 6 contrary to having a photograph taken; provided, however, that licenses 7 issued without a photograph pursuant to this subdivision shall not be 8 used for proof of age required for entry to an establishment or purchase 9 of age-restricted products. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03506-01-3
