S 2399 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to establishing a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program

Summary
Directs the commissioner of DMV to establish a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program to provide education and awareness literature and educational materials to trade schools, community colleges, agencies, public or private schools or persons offering instruction in the operation of commercial motor vehicles with a commercial motor vehicle license and requires applicants for commercial driver's licenses submit a certificate for completion of such program.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

S2399 S2399A · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to shift the sex trafficking awareness program from a general development goal to a mandatory curriculum requirement for all commercial driver license training. The updated version mandates that training utilize existing materials from nationally recognized anti-trafficking organizations and requires a minimum of thirty minutes of instruction, ensuring standardized education for drivers rather than optional literature distribution.
Scope change
The program's applicability expanded from providing materials to licensed drivers to requiring formal training for all trade schools, community colleges, and institutions offering commercial motor vehicle instruction.
REQUIREMENT

Changed the mandate from 'developing' a program to 'implementing' it within specific curriculum requirements for commercial driver licenses.

Added a requirement to use existing materials from a nationally recognized anti-trafficking organization.

Established a minimum training duration of thirty minutes.

ELIGIBILITY

Expanded the target audience from licensed drivers to include all educational institutions and persons offering instruction in commercial motor vehicle operation.

TECHNICAL

Added unrelated text regarding driver's license application procedures, including sex designation options and social security number requirements, which appears to be a copy-paste error from a different bill.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2026

How they voted

610
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 63
Jun 2, 2026
D Democratic41
39 Yea 2
95% Yea
R Republican22
22 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jun 2, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
lower
Jun 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Nov 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 2399A
upper
Nov 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

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