---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insurance"
description: "Establishes an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insurance; requires insurers to provide necessary information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 5331"
citation: "New York S 5331 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamaal Bailey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-11-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba4d3ef5-4274-430d-ab84-34801411400a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5331"
source_hash: "511524e9565602e7ac1b176bf83eb2cc7f268c7eb96539628cd605025c930d00"
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 5331 (2025-2026) — Establishes an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insurance

Establishes an online insurance verification system for motor vehicle insurance; requires insurers to provide necessary information.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5331&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S5331A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5331A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jamaal Bailey — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.580
- **2025-03-19** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-03-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5331A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4404A
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.783
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-12** SIGNED CHAP.500 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba4d3ef5-4274-430d-ab84-34801411400a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).