New York S 1908: Provides for reporting the race, ethnicity and salary ranges of women employed in service of the state

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S01908 Summary:

BILL NOS01908 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05168

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SPONSORO'MARA

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COSPNSRASHBY, BORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, RHOADS, TEDISCO, WEBER, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3638, Ed L; amd §1854, Pub Auth L

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Relates to the availability and purchase of zero-emission school buses.

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BILL NOS01908 

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1908

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. O'MARA, ASHBY, BORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, RHOADS,
 TEDISCO, WEBER, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public authorities law, in
 relation to the availability and purchase of zero-emission school
 buses

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 3638 of the education law, as added by section 1 of
 2 subpart A of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, subdivision 7 as
 3 added by section 19 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 § 3638. Zero-emission school buses. 1. For the purposes of this
 6 section "zero-emission school bus" shall mean a school bus that: is
 7 propelled by an electric motor and associated power electronics which
 8 provide acceleration torque to the drive wheels during normal vehicle
 9 operations and draws electricity from a hydrogen fuel cell or battery;
 10 or otherwise operates without direct emission of atmospheric pollutants.
 11 2. [(a) No later than July first, two thousand twenty-seven, every
 12 school district shall:
 13 (i) only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses when purchasing
 14 or leasing new buses;
 15 (ii) include requirements in any procurement for school transportation
 16 services that any contractors providing transportation services for the
 17 school district must only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses
 18 when purchasing or leasing new school buses; and
 19 (iii) include requirements in any procurement for the manufacturing or
 20 retrofitting of a zero-emission school bus and charging or fueling
 21 infrastructure that the components and parts used or supplied in the
 22 performance of the contract or any subcontract thereto shall be produced
 23 or made in whole or substantial part in the United States, its territo-
 24 ries or possessions and that final assembly of the zero-emission school
 25 bus and charging or fueling infrastructure shall occur in the United
 26 States, its territories or possessions.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04865-01-5

 S. 1908 2

 1 (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the New York state energy
 2 research and development authority and office of general services, may
 3 waive the contracting requirements set forth in subparagraph (iii) of
 4 paragraph (a) of this subdivision if the commissioner determines that
 5 the requirements would not be in the public interest, would result in
 6 unreasonable costs, or that obtaining such zero-emission school buses
 7 and charging or fueling infrastructure components and parts in the
 8 United States would increase the cost of a school district's contract
 9 for zero-emission school buses and charging or fueling infrastructure by
 10 an unreasonable amount, or such zero-emission school busses and charging
 11 or fueling infrastructure components and parts cannot be produced, made,
 12 or assembled in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available
 13 quantities or of satisfactory quality. Such determination must be made
 14 on an annual basis no later than December thirty-first, after providing
 15 notice and an opportunity for public comment, and be made publicly
 16 available, in writing, on the department's website with a detailed
 17 explanation of the findings leading to such determination. If the
 18 commissioner has