republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-8437.md

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Bill	Relates to group policies for motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for-hire	Provides that every authorized insurer that issues or issues for delivery in this state a policy of commercial risk insurance insuring against losses or liabilities arising out of the ownership, operation, or use of a motor vehicle, shall establish a group fleet policy insuring against the losses or liabilities arising out of the ownership of motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for-hire, having a seating capacity of not less than eight passengers.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 8437	New York S 8437 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	LIU	1	12	3	2020-06-01	2020-12-23	openstates	ocd-bill/c46c4f7e-5c92-4fad-bc27-41f3f8199cc4	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8437	ec1863960411e63c8dcb5c436269c355cc58518920dac9590003926d2a7b6a2e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 8437 (2019-2020) — Relates to group policies for motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for-hire

Provides that every authorized insurer that issues or issues for delivery in this state a policy of commercial risk insurance insuring against losses or liabilities arising out of the ownership, operation, or use of a motor vehicle, shall establish a group fleet policy insuring against the losses or liabilities arising out of the ownership of motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying or transporting passengers for-hire, having a seating capacity of not less than eight passengers.

Version chain

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

1. S8437 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Vote — 13–6 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 42–18 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 90–51 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• LIU — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-01 REFERRED TO INSURANCE referral-committee
• 2020-07-23 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1021
• 2020-07-23 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-07-23 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-07-23 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2020-07-23 SUBSTITUTED FOR A9761A
• 2020-07-23 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.469
• 2020-07-23 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-23 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-12-11 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-12-23 SIGNED CHAP.374 executive-signature
• 2020-12-23 APPROVAL MEMO.67

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c46c4f7e-5c92-4fad-bc27-41f3f8199cc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).