A11495 • 2025

Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status as evidence of identity for the issuance of an identification card

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Sponsor: Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status as evidence of identity for the issuance of an identification card

Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status as evidence of identity for the issuance of an identification card Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status issued by OTDA as evidence of identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status as evidence of identity for the issuance of an identification card Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status issued by OTDA as evidence of identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card.

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Bill History

2026-05-28 Assembly
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Official Summary Text

Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status as evidence of identity for the issuance of an identification card
Authorizes the use of a confirmation of trafficking victim status issued by OTDA as evidence of identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11495

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      May 28, 2026
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        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gonzalez-Ro-
          jas) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to proof of
          identity for the issuance of a non-driver identification card

          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 3 of section 490 of the vehi-
     2  cle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read
     3  as follows:
     4    (IV) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
     5  ESTABLISHING  PROOF  OF  IDENTITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A NON-DRIVER IDEN-
     6  TIFICATION CARD UNDER THIS ARTICLE, A CONFIRMATION OF TRAFFICKING VICTIM
     7  STATUS ISSUED BY THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE
     8  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE-BB OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
     9  LAW SHALL BE ACCEPTED AS A FORM OF EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.    THE  COMMIS-
    10  SIONER MAY DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SUCH CONFIRMATION SATISFIES THE
    11  IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15274-02-6