The DMV Regulatory Agenda is a list of Regulations that the DMV plans to change during the year 2023. New York State law does not require the DMV to make all of the proposed changes on the Regulatory Agenda. The document lists changes that the DMV has considered, but the document can be amended if there are changes in law or in the requirements of the DMV.

The DMV can recommend and make changes to the regulations that do not appear in the current Regulatory Agenda. The DMV will update the regulatory Agenda as other proposed changes are considered.

Pursuant to section 202-d of the State Administrative Procedure Act, the Department of Motor Vehicles presents its regulatory agenda for 2023. All references are to Title 15 of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations. The Department reserves the right to add, delete or modify any item presented in this agenda.

1. Part 7 – Amend Part 7 regarding pre-licensing courses to ensure compliance with statute and course integrity, and to enhance consumer protections.
2. Part 35 – Amend Part 35 to align with agency transformation efforts and take advantage of newer technology with the intent of identifying ways to enhance insurance industry compliance and maintain NY’s NYS Register/January 4, 2023 Regulatory Agenda 95 low uninsured motorist rates. Part 35 regulations are provided for under Article 6 of the NYS VTL. Part 44 – Amend Part 44 to bring regulation in alignment with statutory requirements of VTL § 375(41). Part 56 – Amend Part 56 to clarify when school buses may use strobe lights.
3. Part 76 – Amend Part 76 to make numerous technical and clarifying amendments to modernize the requirements for driving school operation and enhance consumer protections.
4. Part 79 – Amend Part 79 to align with agency transformation efforts and various emission inspection requirements required by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and the US EPA. Part 79 regulations are provided for under Article 5 of the NYS VTL.
5. Part 79 – Amend Part 79 to ensure safety of motorists by requiring a vehicle to fail safety inspection if such vehicle has an unresolved Takata airbag recall.
6. Part 81 – Amend Part 81 pursuant to statutory changes.
7. Part 91 – Amend Part 91 to ensure transmission of conviction information to the Department in an efficient manner.
8. Part 122 – Amend Part 122 to modernize the delivery of traffic infraction information to the Department.
9. Part 131 – Amend Part 131 to update point values to ensure they reflect appropriate consequences for drivers.
10. Part 134 – Amend Part 134 to allow DMV to review course fees charged by Impaired Driver Program providers to ensure a sufficient supply of program providers.
11. Part 136 – Amend Part 136 to require a problem driver restriction with a 5-year IID for applicants approved for a relicensure after a request for unusual, compelling and extenuating circumstances which would align regulation with procedure.
12. Part 136 – Amend Part 136 to address denial of relicensure criteria.
13. Part 136 – Amend Part 136 to add a chemical test refusal as a reason to revoke a restricted license, to change the time period stated for problem driving restriction with IID from 3 years to 5 years, and to make technical changes.
14. Part 141 – Amend Part 141 to clarify requirements regarding validation of course participant identity and participation.