A 70 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Requires third-party food delivery services maintain insurance through a group policy that covers bodily injury or death arising out of or resulting from qualifying accidents involving a delivery person

Summary
Requires third-party food delivery services maintain insurance through a group policy that covers bodily injury or death arising out of or resulting from qualifying accidents involving a delivery person.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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A70 A70A · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to clarify definitions regarding who qualifies as a 'delivery driver' and 'qualifying vehicle,' and to add significant new requirements for insurance providers. The changes ensure that insurance costs cannot be passed on to consumers in specific areas and mandate that the insurance policy be written by a state-licensed insurer or broker.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include 'consumers' in the definition of delivery drivers and to clarify that qualifying vehicles must not be motorcycles carrying their own liability insurance. It also added new restrictions on how insurance policies must be procured and priced.
DEFINITION

Changed the definition of 'delivery driver' from 'customer' to 'consumer' to align terminology with the rest of the bill.

Narrowed the definition of 'qualifying vehicle' to explicitly exclude motorcycles that carry their own liability insurance, whereas the original text only excluded motorcycles generally.

REQUIREMENT

Added a prohibition on passing insurance costs to consumers in political subdivisions where drivers do not use qualifying vehicles.

Mandated that the required insurance policy must be written by an insurer licensed in New York or procured by a licensed excess line broker.

Required that the obligation to determine if state-licensed insurance is unavailable must be made before the initial placement and at every policy renewal.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jun 17, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jun 17, 2025
Committee
REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 70A
lower
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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