New York A 2264: Relates to increasing sales of zero-emission vehicles

Status: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2264

Sponsors: Michaelle C. Solages, Amy Paulin, Chris Burdick, Dana Levenberg, Harvey Epstein, Jake Ryan Blumencranz, Jen Lunsford, Jo Anne Simon, Keith Brown, Linda Rosenthal, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Rebecca Seawright, Steve Stern, Tony Simone, William Colton

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A02264 Summary:

BILL NOA02264 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSRBurdick, Simon, Rosenthal, Epstein, Colton, Paulin, Seawright, Simone, Stern, Forrest, Lunsford,
 Brown K, Blumencranz, Levenberg

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Amd §19-0306-b, En Con L

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Provides for the issuance of certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York if the sale of zero-emission vehicles in the state fail to meet certain targets.

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BILL NOA02264 

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01/16/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2264

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BURDICK, SIMON, ROSENTHAL, EPSTEIN,
 COLTON, PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, STERN, FORREST, LUNSFORD, K. BROWN,
 BLUMENCRANZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
 mental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 increasing sales of zero-emission vehicles

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

 1 Section 1. Section 19-0306-b of the environmental conservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 3 6. a. (i) The department, the New York state energy research and
 4 development authority, the department of motor vehicles, and the depart-
 5 ment of transportation, in consultation with the other state agencies,
 6 shall report on December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five and on a
 7 bi-annual basis thereafter until December thirty-first, two thousand
 8 thirty-three, the state's zero-emission vehicle sales by new motor vehi-
 9 cle dealers, as defined in section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle
 10 and traffic law, except for manufacturers that manufacture or assemble
 11 exclusively zero-emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or
 12 controlled entity of such a manufacturer, as outlined in subparagraph
 13 (iii) of paragraph f of subdivision seven of such section.
 14 (ii) Notwithstanding any provision of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph
 15 f of subdivision seven of section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle
 16 and traffic law, if the department finds in its initial report that
 17 projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers, except for manufac-
 18 turers that manufacture or assemble exclusively zero-emissions vehicles,
 19 or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity of such a manufac-
 20 turer, fail to show that thirty-five percent of vehicle sales in model
 21 year two thousand twenty-seven will be zero-emission vehicles then the
 22 department of motor vehicles shall issue up to ten certificates of
 23 registration pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of the vehicle and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04552-01-5

 A. 2264 2

 1 traffic law for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions
 2 vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York.
 3 b. If the bi-annual report on December thirty-first, two thousand
 4 twenty-nine finds projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers,
 5 except for manufacturers that manufacture or assemble exclusively zero-
 6 emissions vehicles, or is a subsidiary, affiliate, or controlled entity
 7 of such a manufacturer, fail to show that sixty-eight percent of sales
 8 by model year two thousand thirty-one will be zero-emissions vehicles
 9 then the department of motor vehicles shall issue up to ten additional
 10 certificates of registration pursuant to section four hundred fifteen of
 11 the vehicle and traffic law for entities that manufacture or assemble
 12 zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in
 13 New York.
 14 c. If the bi-annual report on December thirty-first, two thousand
 15 thirty-three finds projections of sales by new motor vehicle dealers,
 16 exce

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