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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 788: Requires that the distinctive license plate numbers issued to the owner of a registered motor vehicle be changed within a week after such plates being stolen

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 788 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires that the distinctive license plate numbers issued to the owner of a registered motor vehicle be changed within a week after such plates being stolen. Primary sponsor: Sam Berger (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires that the distinctive license plate numbers issued to the owner of a registered motor vehicle be changed and the registration record for such motor vehicle be updated to reflect such change within a week after such plates being stolen.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sam BergerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse27

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  2. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source