Restricts insurers from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information from insureds as a standard practice in ordinary theft claims

Latest action Mar 19, 2026

Restricts insurers from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information from insureds as a standard practice in processing ordinary theft claims where no special circumstances warranting a demand for such information exists.

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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

New York State Senate

Same as A1450, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Insurance Law.

Committee

Insurance · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Insurance · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Restricts insurers from demanding intrusive personal, financial and tax information from insured's as a. standard practice in ordinary theft claims.

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

Cosponsors

David Weprin and Yudelka Tapia

Democratic2

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Leroy Comrie says this is needed

Requests for personal and financial information which has nothing to do with a theft claim made by an insured are inappropriate and intrusive. For example, companies have requested copies of personal and business tax returns, license and registration, other permits or licenses held in NYS, loan applications filed, statements setting forth the county and state in which the insured was registered to vote over the last five years, copies of any bank statements, and copies of any "Doing Business As" Certificates or Certificates of Incorporation for any businesses owned in addition to requiring that the insured make a recorded state- ment regarding the circumstances of the theft. While an insurance compa- ny has a right to information pertinent to the claim in question, clear- ly many of these demands go beyond being reasonable requests and are exceedingly onerous and intrusive.

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.

Full history

Mar 19, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Mar 19, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Mar 19, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Senate
DIED IN SENATE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.55
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.55
NY Assembly

Show full history (10 earlier events)

Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
NY Senate
May 27, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
May 27, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
May 27, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
NY Senate
May 21, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
May 21, 2025
Rules Report CAL.203
RULES REPORT CAL.203
NY Assembly
May 20, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
May 13, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
Feb 20, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
NY Senate
Jan 9, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INSURANCE
NY Assembly

About this record

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