New York S 737: Relates to lithium-ion battery safety resources for limited use motorcycles

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S00737 Summary:

BILL NOS00737 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00440

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren §399-nnn to be §495-c, amd §495-c, Gen Bus L (as proposed in S.8743 & A.9338)

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Changes instances of the term moped to limited use motorcycle in relation to lithium-ion battery safety.

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BILL NOS00737 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.12

02/03/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A440

&nbspA00440 AMEND= De Los Santos

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp01/14/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/14/2025reported 

&nbsp01/14/2025rules report cal.10

&nbsp01/14/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.10

&nbsp01/21/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/21/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/21/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/03/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S737

&nbsp02/03/20253RD READING CAL.12

&nbsp02/03/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/03/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.18

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 737

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 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 the general business law, in relation to the develop-
 ment of safety resources, information and protocols for lithium-ion
 batteries

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

 1 Section 1. Section 399-nnn of the general business law, as added by a
 2 chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general business law relating
 3 to lithium-ion battery safety resources, as proposed in legislative
 4 bills numbers S. 8743 and A. 9338, is renumbered section 495-c and
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 § 495-c. Lithium-ion battery safety resources. [1. For the purposes
 7 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 8 (a) "Lithium-ion battery" means a storage battery in which an elec-
 9 trical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon carbo-
 10 nate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte.
 11 (b) "Second-use lithium-ion battery" means a lithium-ion battery that
 12 has been assembled, refurbished, repaired, repurposed or reconditioned
 13 using cells removed from used batteries.
 14 (c) "Micromobility device" means an electric scooter as defined in
 15 section one hundred fourteen-e of the vehicle and traffic law, an elec-
 16 trical personal assistive mobility device as defined in section one
 17 hundred fourteen-d of the vehicle and traffic law, or other personal
 18 mobility device equipped with a lithium-ion or other storage battery,
 19 including, but not limited to, a skateboard, unicycle, or other similar
 20 wheeled device. The term "micromobility device" shall not include bicy-
 21 cles with electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of the
 22 vehicle and traffic law, wheelchairs or other electrically driven mobil-
 23 ity assistance devices as defined in section one hundred thirty-a of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02665-01-5

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 1 vehicle and traffic law, or any vehicle that is capable of being regis-
 2 tered with the department of motor vehicles.
 3 (d) "Moped" means a limited use motorcycle as defined in section one
 4 hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law.
 5 2.] The department of state, in consultation with the division of
 6 homeland security and emergency services and the New York state energy
 7 research and development authority, shall develop and maintain safety
 8 resources, information, and protocols in regard to fire hazard
 9 prevention relating to, but not limited to, lithium-ion batteries,
 10 second-use lithium-ion batteries, bicycles with electric assist as
 11 defined in section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 12 [mopeds] limited use motorcycles as define