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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide certain insurance coverage"
description: "Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide insurance coverage in amounts equal to the financial responsibility requirements set forth in section three hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law; removes requirements relating to requiring additional insurance coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 5941"
citation: "New York S 5941 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0309ea25-202c-4871-b2bd-3f10f637c93e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5941"
source_hash: "8d8ce0a9bf55d9202df931c03aeae464ac2999acfdc2257262ed4d3a54aeea05"
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 5941 (2025-2026) — Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide certain insurance coverage
Requires peer-to-peer car sharing programs provide insurance coverage in amounts equal to the financial responsibility requirements set forth in section three hundred eleven of the vehicle and traffic law; removes requirements relating to requiring additional insurance coverage.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S5941** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5941&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S5941A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5941A)
3. **S5941B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5941B)
## Votes
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **102–42** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- James Skoufis — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- April Baskin — cosponsor (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Griffo — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-04** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** PRINT NUMBER 5941A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-09** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** PRINT NUMBER 5941B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1882
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6576B
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.570
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.696 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.73
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0309ea25-202c-4871-b2bd-3f10f637c93e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).