STATE OF NEW YORK
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4688
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 11, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
batteries for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to
be tested and approved by certain testing laboratories
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1242 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
3 14. Every bicycle with electric assist shall be equipped with a
4 battery that has been tested and approved by and that contains the seal
5 of the Underwriters Laboratories, or any testing laboratory that is an
6 International Organization for Standardization and International Elec-
7 trotechnical Commission ("ISO/IEC") 17025 Accredited Independent Testing
8 Laboratory, an ISO/IEC 17065 Accredited Certifying Body, or participates
9 in the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health
10 Administration Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory ("NRTL")
11 program.
12 § 2. Section 1285 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
13 a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
14 4. Every electric scooter shall be equipped with a battery that has
15 been tested and approved by and that contains the seal of the Underwrit-
16 ers Laboratories, or any testing laboratory that is an International
17 Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical
18 Commission ("ISO/IEC") 17025 Accredited Independent Testing Laboratory,
19 an ISO/IEC 17065 Accredited Certifying Body, or participates in the
20 United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Admin-
21 istration Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory ("NRTL") program.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01492-01-5
