---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the COVID-19 livery vehicle recovery act"
description: "Establishes the COVID-19 livery vehicle recovery act; provides any entity issuing for-hire vehicle licenses shall, for a minimum of one year upon the effective date of this act, allow for the renewal of livery vehicle licenses which expired during the COVID-19 pandemic, under the same vehicle type requirement that existed at the time of expiration unless the livery vehicle owner opts to renew at the current requirement; provides that livery vehicle owners seeking a renewal of an expired license during this open window shall not be penalized, such as through additional charges or fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6670"
citation: "New York S 6670 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luis R. Sepúlveda"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-04"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86a23191-79e4-40e2-9f4f-19ca1c284ab4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6670"
source_hash: "c1ebf7d1f7c7926e7388d617937153759309a1fa8b447e91020d03ebe76c2906"
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 6670 (2023-2024) — Establishes the COVID-19 livery vehicle recovery act

Establishes the COVID-19 livery vehicle recovery act; provides any entity issuing for-hire vehicle licenses shall, for a minimum of one year upon the effective date of this act, allow for the renewal of livery vehicle licenses which expired during the COVID-19 pandemic, under the same vehicle type requirement that existed at the time of expiration unless the livery vehicle owner opts to renew at the current requirement; provides that livery vehicle owners seeking a renewal of an expired license during this open window shall not be penalized, such as through additional charges or fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6670** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6670&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6670A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6670A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–4** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luis R. Sepúlveda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** PRINT NUMBER 6670A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-28** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1483
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6930A
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.527
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.382 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86a23191-79e4-40e2-9f4f-19ca1c284ab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).