NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1047

Senate Bill S1047

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a ride clean rebate program for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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2025-S1047 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A281
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1885, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S9019, A10974
2021-2022: S3080, A516
2023-2024: S314, A275

2025-S1047 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to establish a ride clean rebate program for electric assist bicycles and electric scooters; defines terms; provides a fifty percent rebate for eligible purchases.

2025-S1047 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1047

SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the
New York state energy research and development authority to establish a
ride clean rebate program

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Directs NYSERDA to establish a ride clean rebate program to encourage
the use of electric bikes and scooters across New York State.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new section 1885 to the public authorities law and
directs the New York State Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
to develop a ride clean rebate program to allow class one, class two,
and class three bicycles with electric assists and electric scooters to
be eligible for a 50% rebate up to $1,100 USD.  Eligible bikes must be
certified by an accredited testing laboratory for compliance with safe

battery standards. NYSERDA is required to submit a report annually to
the Legislature on the status of the program.

Section 2 sets the effective date as immediately but provides for one-
year from this date for NYSERDA to promulgate rules and prepare for
implementation.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

E-bikes and electric cars are part of the low carbon mobility future.
Given that seventy-five percent of auto trips and fifty-five percent of
transit trips in NYC are under five miles, this rebate would encourage
more New Yorkers to purchase and utilize e-bikes for trips under five-
miles removing congestion, and harmful emissions from our roads and air.
This would also be a stimulus to new entrepreneurship as electric bicy-
cles are an emerging industry in New York State.

 
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACT:

This legislation would help to mitigate the impacts of climate change by
reducing carbon emissions, overall traffic and congestion, and encourag-
ing a shift to renewable modes of transportation.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

SENATE:

2024: S314A (Salazar) - Referred to Energy and Telecommunications,
Amended, Reported, Passed Senate.

2023: S314 (Salazar) - Referred to Energy and Telecommunications,
Reported, Passed Senate.

2022: S3080A (Salazar) Referred to Energy and Telecommunications,
discharged to Rules, passed Senate.


2021: S3080A (Salazar) - Referred to Energy and Telecommunications,
discharged to Rules, passed Senate.

2020: S9019 (Salazar)- Referred to Rules.

ASSEMBLY:

2024: A275A (Carroll) - Referred to Energy, Amended.

2023: A275 (Carroll) - Referred to Energy.

2022: A516A (Carroll)- Referred to Ways and Means.

2021: A516A (Carroll)- Referred to Energy, Amended, Reported, Referred
to Ways and Means.

2020: A10974 (Carroll)- Referred to Energy.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Minimal

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2025-S1047 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1047
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BRISPORT, COONEY, GIANARIS,
   GONZALEZ,  HARCKHAM,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MARTINEZ, MAY,
   PALUMBO, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, ROLISON, SEPULVEDA, TEDISCO,  WEBB  --
   read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the
   New York state energy research and development authority to  establish
   a ride clean rebate program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  The public authorities law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1885 to read as follows:
   §  1885.  RIDE  CLEAN  REBATE PROGRAM. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION
 "ELIGIBLE PURCHASE" SHALL MEAN THE PURCHASE OF A BICYCLE  WITH  ELECTRIC
 ASSIST, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
 FIC  LAW,  OR THE PURCHASE OF AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-E OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, THAT: (A) HAS NOT
 BEEN MODIFIED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS; (B)  USES
 A  BATTERY  THAT  HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY AN ACCREDITED TESTING LABORATORY
 FOR COMPLIANCE WITH A BATTERY STANDARD; AND (C)  SUCH  CERTIFICATION  OR
 THE  LOGO, WORDMARK, OR NAME OF SUCH ACCREDITED TESTING LABORATORY SHALL
 BE DISPLAYED ON PACKAGING OR DOCUMENTATION AT THE TIME OF SALE  FOR  THE
 PRODUCT OR DIRECTLY ON THE PRODUCT ITSELF.
   2.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  DEVELOP  A PROGRAM, ENTITLED THE RIDE CLEAN
 REBATE PROGRAM, TO ENCOURAGE THE DEPLOYMENT OF BICYCLES WITH AN ELECTRIC
 ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.
   3. THE PROGRAM CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE A  FIFTY
 PERCENT  REBATE,  FOR  ELIGIBLE PURCHASES, PROVIDED THAT A REBATE FOR AN
 ELIGIBLE PURCHASE SHALL NOT EXCEED  ONE  THOUSAND  ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS
 ($1,100).
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00296-01-5
 S. 1047                             2
 
   4. NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE
 AUTHORITY  SHALL  IMPLEMENT  AND ADMINISTER THIS SECTION INCLUDING RULES
 RELATING TO THE FORMS REQUIRED TO CLAIM A REBATE, THE REQUIRED  DOCUMEN-
 TATION  FOR ESTABLISHING ELIGIBILITY FOR A REBATE, PROCEDURES AND GUIDE-
 LINES  FOR CLAIMING A REBATE, AND THE COLLECTION OF ECONOMIC IMPACT DATA
 FROM APPLICANTS AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS THE  AUTHORITY  DEEMS  NECES-
 SARY.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  DETERMINE AND PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE ON AN
 ONGOING BASIS THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR REBATES  REMAINING  IN
 EACH FISCAL YEAR.
   5.  NO  LATER THAN APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN AND ANNUALLY
 THEREAFTER, THE AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE  TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE
 COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY
 COMMITTEE ON ENERGY DETAILING THE STATUS OF ITS PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE THE
 DEPLOYMENT  OF  BICYCLES  WITH AN ELECTRIC ASSIST AND ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE:
   A. THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING DEDICATED BY THE AUTHORITY FOR THE PROGRAM IN
 THE PRECEDING YEAR;
   B. THE AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE PURCHASES FOR WHICH A REBATE WAS AWARDED;
   C. THE AMOUNT AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF REBATES; AND
   D. ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE AUTHORITY DEEMS NECESSARY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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