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A06811 Summary:

A06811 Actions:

A06811 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:McDonald      
DATE:03/05/2024AYE/NAY:10/4  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
McDonald
Aye
Durso
Nay
Glick
Aye
Goodell
Nay
Kim
Aye
Beephan
Nay
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Slater
Nay
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Raga
Aye
Simone
Aye
Shimsky
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:03/05/2024AYE/NAY:22/10  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Nay
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Colton
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Cook
Excused
Norris
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Benedetto
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Weprin
Aye
Walsh
Nay
Ramos
Excused
DeStefano
Nay
Braunstein
Aye
Manktelow
Nay
McDonald
Aye
Smullen
Excused
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Walker
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Simon
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Fahy
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Pretlow      
DATE:03/05/2024AYE/NAY:19/9  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Nay
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Glick
Aye
Norris
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Ra
Nay
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Nay
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Excused
Davila
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye

A06811 Floor Votes:

A06811 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6811--C
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 8, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, ARDILA, COLTON, DAVI-
          LA, HYNDMAN, FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY -- read once
          and  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
          Operations  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
          ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
          a lithium-ion battery safety program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  1854 of the public authorities law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
     3    27. Lithium-ion battery safety  program.  (a)  For  purposes  of  this
     4  subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (i)  "Lithium-ion  battery"  means a storage battery in which an elec-
     6  trical current is  generated  by  lithium  ions  embedded  in  a  carbon
     7  graphite  or  nickel  metal-oxide  substrate  placed in a high-viscosity
     8  carbonate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte.
     9    (ii) "Powered mobility device" means a bicycle with electric assist as
    10  defined by section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law,  an
    11  electric  scooter  as  defined  by section one hundred fourteen-e of the
    12  vehicle and traffic law, a limited use motorcycle as defined by  section
    13  one  hundred  twenty-one-b  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic law, which is
    14  powered wholly or partially by an electric motor, an electrical personal
    15  assistive mobility device as defined in section one  hundred  fourteen-d
    16  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law  or  other  personal mobility device
    17  equipped with a lithium-ion or other storage battery, including but  not
    18  limited to, a skateboard, unicycle, or other similar wheeled device.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10788-06-4
        A. 6811--C                          2
 
     1    (iii)  "Accredited  testing  laboratory" means a nationally recognized
     2  testing laboratory as recognized by the federal occupational safety  and
     3  health  administration or an independent laboratory that has been certi-
     4  fied by an accrediting body to ISO 17025 or ISO 17065.
     5    (b)  No  later than one year after the effective date of this subdivi-
     6  sion, the authority, in collaboration with the  department  of  environ-
     7  mental  conservation and any other appropriate agency, shall develop and
     8  administer a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for
     9  powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to eligible individ-
    10  uals.
    11    (c) The program created pursuant to  this  subdivision  shall  include
    12  either  rebates  or  the  exchange of new lithium-ion batteries for used
    13  lithium-ion batteries.
    14    (d) Within one year of the effective date  of  this  subdivision,  the
    15  authority  shall  implement  and  administer  this subdivision including
    16  promulgating rules relating to the forms required to claim a  rebate  or
    17  exchange  a  lithium-ion  battery, the required documentation for estab-
    18  lishing eligibility, procedures and guidelines for claiming a rebate  or
    19  exchanging  a lithium-ion battery, and the collection of economic impact
    20  data from applicants and any  other  requirements  the  authority  deems
    21  necessary.
    22    (e)  All  new  batteries  provided  pursuant  to such program shall be
    23  certified by an accredited testing  laboratory  for  compliance  with  a
    24  battery standard referenced in UL 2849, UL 2271, UL 2272 or EN 15194, or
    25  such  other safety standard approved by the department of state pursuant
    26  to regulation. Such certification or the logo, wordmark, or name of such
    27  accredited testing laboratory must be displayed on packaging or documen-
    28  tation at the time of sale for the product or directly  on  the  product
    29  itself.
    30    (f)  No later than April first, two thousand twenty-five, and annually
    31  thereafter, the authority shall issue a  report  to  the  governor,  the
    32  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  and  the speaker of the assembly
    33  detailing the status of the program created under this subdivision. Such
    34  report shall at a minimum include:
    35    (i) the amount of funding dedicated by the authority for such  program
    36  in the preceding year;
    37    (ii) the number of rebates awarded;
    38    (iii) the number of exchanges provided;
    39    (iv) the amount and geographic distribution of rebates; and
    40    (v) any other information the authority deems necessary.
    41    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.