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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-8437.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to group policies for motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for-hire"
+description: "Provides that every authorized insurer that issues or issues for delivery in this state a policy of commercial risk insurance insuring against losses or liabilities arising out of the ownership, operation, or use of a motor vehicle, shall establish a group fleet policy insuring against the losses or liabilities arising out of the ownership of motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for-hire, having a seating capacity of not less than eight passengers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 8437"
+citation: "New York S 8437 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["LIU"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-06-01"
+last_action: "2020-12-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46c4f7e-5c92-4fad-bc27-41f3f8199cc4"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8437"
+source_hash: "ec1863960411e63c8dcb5c436269c355cc58518920dac9590003926d2a7b6a2e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 8437 (2019-2020) — Relates to group policies for motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for-hire
+
+Provides that every authorized insurer that issues or issues for delivery in this state a policy of commercial risk insurance insuring against losses or liabilities arising out of the ownership, operation, or use of a motor vehicle, shall establish a group fleet policy insuring against the losses or liabilities arising out of the ownership of motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for-hire, having a seating capacity of not less than eight passengers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8437&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote — **13–6** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **42–18** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **90–51** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- LIU — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-01** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1021
+- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-07-23** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9761A
+- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.469
+- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.374 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.67
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c46c4f7e-5c92-4fad-bc27-41f3f8199cc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+