---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for police agencies"
description: "Requires bodily injury be covered under supplementary uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance coverage for police vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 439"
citation: "New York S 439 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6af9108f-a437-49ec-880b-14a2110920c8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S439"
source_hash: "a4efe389b21e00e2ab4b866d27183d5345d047fa39c90e7de3ff8d64e4daa9ac"
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 439 (2023-2024) — Relates to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for police agencies

Requires bodily injury be covered under supplementary uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance coverage for police vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **S439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S439&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)
- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** 1ST REPORT CAL.138
- **2023-01-18** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-01-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-25** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1178
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.323
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.751 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.73

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6af9108f-a437-49ec-880b-14a2110920c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).