S 4809 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to captive insurance for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, and small school buses, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, and accessible vehicles

Summary

Establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, small school buses, and charter buses that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting nine to twenty-four passengers for hire; pre-arranged for-hire vehicles and accessible vehicles; defines terms.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Mar 9, 2026

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What changed between versions

S4809A → S4809B · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was revised to remove references to the Vehicle and Traffic Law and Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) from its scope, narrowing its focus to captive insurance for commuter vans, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, and accessible vehicles only. The changes also simplified the section title and removed provisions that would have amended the Vehicle and Traffic Law regarding liability evidence.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and references to the Vehicle and Traffic Law, focusing solely on commuter vans, pre-arranged for-hire vehicles, and accessible vehicles.

SCOPE

Removed 'transportation network companies' from the list of eligible vehicles for the captive insurance program.

Removed all references to amending the Vehicle and Traffic Law, including provisions about liability evidence in civil actions.

DEFINITION

Simplified the section title and removed 'transportation network companies' from the definition of covered vehicles.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement to implement standards for monitoring captive insurance performance for TNCs.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO INSURANCE

upper

Jun 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4809B

upper

Jun 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

upper

May 27, 2025

Introduced

AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 4809

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4809A

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO INSURANCE

upper

1 primary · 15 co-sponsors