Senate bill · S2073 (2025-26)

Requires the department of motor vehicles compile a list of veterans who apply for a veteran driver's license

Latest action May 28, 2026

New York State Senate

Same as A5094, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Sponsor

State Senator, District 23 · Democratic

Summary

Requires the department of motor vehicles compile a list of veterans who apply for a veteran driver's license and provide such list to the department of veterans' services to aid in outreach efforts by the department of veterans' services.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Vehicle and Traffic Law.

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Nov 1, 2026. About our data

Following needs an Agora account. You will sign in first, then come back to this page.

Your position on this bill

Choose the position closest to yours. You'll sign in or create an account to save it.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1. Amends the vehicle and traffic law to define veterans in a way consistent with the veterans' services law and directs the depart- ment to create and maintain a list of veterans who apply for veteran driver's license. This list will assist the veterans' services and will be updated by the department as necessary to ensure the list is current. Section 2. Amends the veterans' services law to direct the department to coordinate their outreach efforts by using the veteran's information provided to them by the department of motor vehicles.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

Committee

Transportation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Transportation · New York State Senate, Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs · New York State Senate.

Cosponsors

Andrew Hevesi, John T. McDonald III and 3 more on Agora

Showing the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.

Read on NY Senate

Democratic5

Shown in neutral colors by design; Agora is non-partisan.

The sponsor's argument

Why Jessica Scarcella-Spanton says this is needed

As veterans return from active duty, they have the potential to face difficulties adjusting to their civilian life. With that in mind, veter- ans' services require as much information as possible to ensure that they are reaching out to as many veterans as possible for the resources for which they are eligible. Being that the Department of Motor Vehicles stands as a comprehensive database for New York State, it would prove immensely beneficial for the procedures of veterans' services to have access to information that indicates that there is a veteran that they can help.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 28, 2026Result: passed
(60) (0) (0) (3)
Vote: Committee vote · Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military AffairsMay 18, 2026Result: passed
(8) (0) (0) (1)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMar 20, 2025Result: passed
(59) (0) (0) (4)
Vote: Committee vote · Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military AffairsMar 4, 2025Result: passed
(9) (0) (0) (0)

Full history

May 28, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 28, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 28, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
NY Assembly
May 20, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 19, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate

Show full history (12 earlier events)

May 18, 2026
1ST Report CAL.1158
1ST REPORT CAL.1158
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
NY Senate
Mar 20, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Mar 20, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Mar 20, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
NY Assembly
Mar 10, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Mar 5, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2025
1ST Report CAL.477
1ST REPORT CAL.477
NY Senate
Feb 12, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
NY Assembly
Jan 15, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
NY Senate