Senate Bill S2668

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires limited use motorcycles to have a red tag attached to the charging cord

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S2668 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A751
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §399-nnn to be §495-b, amd §495-b, Gen Bus L (as proposed in S.7760-A & A.8102-A)

2025-S2668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires limited use motorcycles to have a red tag attached to the charging cord which states to unplug when not in use.

2025-S2668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2668
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general busi-
   ness law  relating  to  requiring  charging  cords  for  micromobility
   devices,  mopeds,  and bicycles with electric assist to have a red tag
   attached, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  7760-A  and  A.
   8102-A, in relation to charging cords on limited use motorcycles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 399-nnn of the general business law, as added by  a
 chapter  of  the laws of 2024 amending the general business law relating
 to requiring charging cords for micromobility devices, mopeds, and bicy-
 cles with electric assist to have a red tag  attached,  as  proposed  in
 legislative bills numbers S. 7760-A and A. 8102-A, is renumbered section
 495-b and amended to read as follows:
   § 495-b. Tags  on  charging  cords  of micromobility devices, [mopeds]
 LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES, and bicycles  with  electric  assist.    1.  No
 person,  firm,  partnership,  association, or corporation shall manufac-
 ture, distribute, assemble, recondition,  sell  or  offer  for  sale  at
 retail  any  micromobility  device,  [moped]  LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
 LAW,  or  bicycle with electric assist as defined in section one hundred
 two-c of the vehicle and traffic law unless there is a red  tag  affixed
 to  the  charging cord of such micromobility device, [moped] LIMITED USE
 MOTORCYCLES AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THE  VEHI-
 CLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW, or bicycle with electric assist which clearly and
 conspicuously states "UNPLUG WHEN NOT IN USE".  Such tag  shall  include
 additional consumer safety information regarding safe usage of the prod-
 uct and its charging equipment and shall be affixed to the cord near the
 end which is plugged into the electricity source.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02661-01-5
 S. 2668                             2

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