NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2088

Senate Bill S2088

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires vehicle rental agreements instruct renters to remove personal information before returning the vehicle and permits rental vehicles to have decals informing the renter to remove such information

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Jan 15, 2025	referred to consumer protection

2025-S2088 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §391-r, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S9284

2025-S2088 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires rental vehicles have any personal information removed from the vehicle once returned.

2025-S2088 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2088

SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
rental vehicles have any personal information removed from the vehicle
once returned

 
PURPOSE: OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of the bill is to include in a rental agreement that any
information uploaded to a vehicle by a renter, must be removed prior to
returning the vehicle.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Section 396-z of the general business law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 17 that requires all rental vehicle companies
to include a clause, within rental agreements, that instructs all
renters to remove their personal information from vehicles before
returning them and allows the option to place a decal within the vehicle

that reminds renters of this clause.

Section 2: This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it
shall have become law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Modern vehicles tend to include applications and software that allows
you to upload your personal information in order to make calling, music
playing, and other processes easier while driving. Although this is
useful for the renter, it leaves their personal information vulnerable
to the next renter. This bill protects consumers by including a clause
in all car rental agreements that requires renters to remove their
personal information from the rented vehicles before their return.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024: S9284A (KaVanagh) - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION /A9924A (Jack-
son) ordered to third reading rules cal.204

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.

2025-S2088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2088
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   rental vehicles have any personal information removed from the vehicle
   once returned

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 391-r to read as follows:
   § 391-R. PERSONAL INFORMATION ON RENTAL VEHICLES.  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,
 PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF RENT-
 ING  MOTOR  VEHICLES  SHALL,  UPON  RECEIPT  OF  A RENTAL VEHICLE FROM A
 CUSTOMER, REMOVE ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM SUCH VEHICLE RELATING  TO
 THE CUSTOMER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03396-02-5

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