---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to driver's license suspension reform and amends the effectiveness of chapter 382 of the laws of 2020"
description: "Limits the grounds for the suspension of a driver's license; provides for additional notification when a person is required to make an appearance; requires income based payment plans to be available for fines, fees and mandatory surcharges incurred as a result of a violation of the vehicle and traffic law; stops enforcement actions for failure to pay a fine and makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 2558"
citation: "New York S 2558 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d19797b-196e-45ed-9026-5b18dfb65490"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2558"
source_hash: "8b2651e23c849ed97821220d15e6cf0921ddf9b69d05804cd458f6e6fc2fadcf"
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 2558 (2021-2022) — Relates to driver's license suspension reform and amends the effectiveness of chapter 382 of the laws of 2020

Limits the grounds for the suspension of a driver's license; provides for additional notification when a person is required to make an appearance; requires income based payment plans to be available for fines, fees and mandatory surcharges incurred as a result of a violation of the vehicle and traffic law; stops enforcement actions for failure to pay a fine and makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2558&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–11** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **16–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KENNEDY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.142
- **2021-02-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2680
- **2021-03-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.107
- **2021-03-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-09** SIGNED CHAP.76 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d19797b-196e-45ed-9026-5b18dfb65490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).