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NY A07196
Bill
Status
3/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Monique Chandler-Waterman
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AI Summary
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Allows holders of driver's licenses from 31 Caribbean countries and territories to exchange their licenses for New York State driver's licenses without taking a road test
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Applicants must still pass the written examination and vision test required for all New York licenses
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Eligible foreign licenses must be valid or expired within the past six months, issued at least six months before the application date, and not suspended, revoked, lost, or stolen
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Covered jurisdictions include Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Bahamas, Guyana, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and 21 other Caribbean nations and territories
Legislative Description
Relates to directing the department of motor vehicles to issue New York drivers' licenses to individuals holding a valid or recently expired driver's license from certain Caribbean countries.
Last Action
referred to transportation
1/7/2026