Assembly Bill A1469

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires electric vehicle charging stations to include at least one space to accommodate wheelchair accessible electric vehicles

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A1469 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S787
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1005, Pub Auth L (as proposed in S.8979 & A.7091)

2025-A1469 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electric vehicle charging stations to include at least one space that is large enough to accommodate wheelchair accessible electric vehicles.

2025-A1469 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1469
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   electric  vehicle  charging  stations to include at least one space to
   accommodate wheelchair accessible electric vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 9-a of section 1005 of the public authorities
 law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of  2024  amending  the  public
 authorities law relating to requiring electric vehicle charging stations
 and  electric  vehicle  capable parking spaces to accommodate wheelchair
 accessible electric vehicles, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers
 S. 8979 and A. 7091, is amended to read as follows:
   9-a.  As  deemed  feasible  and  advisable by the trustees, to design,
 finance, develop, construct, install, lease, operate and maintain  elec-
 tric  vehicle  charging  stations  throughout  the  state for use by the
 public. Such electric vehicle charging stations shall  include  [spaces]
 AT  LEAST ONE SPACE that [are] IS large enough to accommodate wheelchair
 accessible electric vehicles, including but not  limited  to,  vans  and
 minivans.    The authority shall annually post on their website a report
 on those activities undertaken pursuant to this  subdivision,  including
 but  not  limited  to:  the  total  number  of electric vehicle charging
 stations in operation pursuant to such authorization, the  locations  of
 such  charging stations, and the total costs to the authority associated
 with such activities.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public authorities
 law relating to requiring electric vehicle charging stations  and  elec-
 tric vehicle capable parking spaces to accommodate wheelchair accessible
 electric  vehicles, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8979 and
 A. 7091, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02695-01-5

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