Assembly Bill A1185

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a lithium-ion battery safety program

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A1185 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1854, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6811

2025-A1185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to certain individuals; sets standards for lithium-ion batteries provided pursuant to the program; requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.

2025-A1185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1185
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. TAPIA, DAVILA, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT, HYNDMAN --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Section 1854 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27.  LITHIUM-ION  BATTERY  SAFETY  PROGRAM.  (A)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I) "LITHIUM-ION BATTERY" MEANS A STORAGE BATTERY IN  WHICH  AN  ELEC-
 TRICAL  CURRENT  IS  GENERATED  BY  LITHIUM  IONS  EMBEDDED  IN A CARBON
 GRAPHITE OR NICKEL METAL-OXIDE  SUBSTRATE  PLACED  IN  A  HIGH-VISCOSITY
 CARBONATE MIXTURE OR GELLED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE.
   (II) "POWERED MOBILITY DEVICE" MEANS A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS
 DEFINED  BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AN
 ELECTRIC SCOOTER AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN-E  OF  THE
 VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW, A LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE AS DEFINED BY SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  WHICH  IS
 POWERED  WHOLLY  OR PARTIALLY BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AN ELECTRIC PERSONAL
 ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN-D
 OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  OR  OTHER  PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICE
 EQUIPPED WITH A LITHIUM-ION OR OTHER STORAGE BATTERY, INCLUDING BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, A SKATEBOARD, UNICYCLE, OR OTHER SIMILAR WHEELED DEVICE.
   (III)  "ACCREDITED  TESTING  LABORATORY" MEANS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
 TESTING LABORATORY AS RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY  AND
 HEALTH  ADMINISTRATION OR AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY THAT HAS BEEN CERTI-
 FIED BY AN ACCREDITING BODY TO ISO 17025 OR ISO 17065.
   (B) NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE  AUTHORITY,  IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCY, SHALL DEVELOP  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02631-01-5
              

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