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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 301: Provides a religious exemption for the requirement to have a photograph taken for a driver's license or learner's permit

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

S 301 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides a religious exemption for the requirement to have a photograph taken for a driver's license or learner's permit. Primary sponsor: Peter Oberacker (Republican/Conservative). It lists 1 additional sponsor. 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.

Provides a religious exemption for the requirement to have a photograph taken for a driver's license or learner's permit.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Peter OberackerPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57

“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