---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires motor vehicle liability insurance policies to include supplemental spousal liability coverage unless the insured declines such coverage in writing"
description: "Requires motor vehicle liability insurance policies to include supplemental spousal liability coverage unless the insured declines such coverage in writing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 1029"
citation: "New York A 1029 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CAHILL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7016e510-d0dd-497c-8d34-82311621507a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1029"
source_hash: "7fba37421697c25c663f2b1df5e4c6e7c0227342d727a6f7b148da26e89f3e5c"
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 A 1029 (2021-2022) — Requires motor vehicle liability insurance policies to include supplemental spousal liability coverage unless the insured declines such coverage in writing

Requires motor vehicle liability insurance policies to include supplemental spousal liability coverage unless the insured declines such coverage in writing.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A1029** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1029&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **110–39** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CAHILL — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-07** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** REPORTED
- **2022-05-23** RULES REPORT CAL.286
- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.286
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9367
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1724
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.735 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.53

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7016e510-d0dd-497c-8d34-82311621507a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).