New York S 6445: Enacts the "all electric ATVs act of 2025"

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S06445 Summary:

BILL NOS06445 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2281 & 2282, V & T L

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Enacts the "all electric ATVs act"; requires a study to be conducted on the feasibility of installing electric ATV charging stations along all state-maintained trails where use of ATVs is permitted, with the goal to have 100% all electric ATVs within the state by 2035; increases the weight limit of ATVs to 2 thousand pounds dry weight; amends fee schedules for registration of ATVs; directs a portion of funds collected from registration of electric ATVs to be donated to the federal EPA.

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BILL NOS06445 

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03/14/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6445

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 14, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT in relation to requiring a study to be conducted on the feasibil-
 ity of installing electric ATV charging stations along all state-main-
 tained trails where use of ATVs is permitted; and to amend the vehicle
 and traffic law, in relation to weight limits of ATVs, and fee sched-
 ules and use of funds collected from registration of ATVs

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "all electric ATVs act of 2025".
 3 § 2. The legislature finds that the severity of current climate change
 4 and the threat of additional and more severe change will be affected by
 5 the actions undertaken by New York and other jurisdictions to reduce
 6 greenhouse gas emissions. According to the U.S. Global Change Research
 7 Program (USGCRP) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
 8 (IPCC), substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will be
 9 required by mid-century in order to limit global warming to no more than
 10 2° C and ideally 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels, and thus minimize
 11 the risk of severe impacts from climate change. Specifically, industri-
 12 alized countries must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least
 13 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 in order to stabilize carbon dioxide
 14 equivalent concentrations at 450 parts per million--the level required
 15 to stay within the 2° C target.
 16 It shall be a goal of the state that by 2036, 100% of all terrain
 17 vehicles (ATVs) sold in New York state shall be fully electric to
 18 contribute toward greenhouse gas emission reduction.
 19 § 3. (a) The New York state energy research and development authority,
 20 in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, shall
 21 conduct a study on the feasibility of installing electric ATV charging
 22 stations along all state-maintained trails where use of ATVs is permit-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10926-01-5

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 1 ted, with the goal to have all ATVs within the state be 100% fully elec-
 2 tric by 2036. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, the
 3 economic and logistical feasibility of installing such electric ATV
 4 charging stations, and any potential adverse environmental impacts of
 5 installing such electric ATV charging stations.
 6 (b) No later than one year after the effective date of this section,
 7 the New York state energy research and development authority, in cooper-
 8 ation with the department of environmental conservation, shall create
 9 and submit a report on the study conducted under subdivision (a) of this
 10 section to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
 11 speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the
 12 minority leader of the assembly, which shall include the findings and
 13 recommendations of such study.
 14 (c) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 15 the followin