New York A 7593: Requires entities selling zero-emission school buses to provide an independent range estimate to prospective purchasers

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A07593 Summary:

BILL NOA07593 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBarrett

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Requires entities selling zero-emission school buses to provide an independent range estimate to prospective purchasers; requires the office of general services to promulgate regulations and to provide zero-emission school bus manufacturers with a list of parties that may provide independent range verification.

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04/01/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7593

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring entities
 selling zero-emission school buses to provide an independent range
 estimate to prospective purchasers

 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 is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
 3 8. (a) Any entity seeking to sell zero-emission school buses to school
 4 districts or contractors for use in providing transportation services to
 5 school districts shall be required to provide an independent range esti-
 6 mate to prospective purchasers before selling such buses. Such range
 7 estimate shall, at a minimum, provide the estimated range on different
 8 terrain and in different weather conditions. The range estimate shall
 9 also include the average level of battery degradation per ten thousand
 10 miles traveled and consideration of whether the bus is stored outside or
 11 in an indoor garage.
 12 (b) The office of general services, in consultation with the New York
 13 state energy research and development authority, shall, no later than
 14 ninety days after the effective date of this subdivision, promulgate
 15 regulations to implement paragraph (a) of this subdivision and shall
 16 provide zero-emission school bus manufacturers with a list of parties
 17 that may provide independent range verification in accordance with this
 18 subdivision.
 19 (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall be interpreted to have any
 20 effect on completed sales or sales that are already in process while
 21 regulations are being promulgated or prior to their effective date;
 22 provided, however, that for any sales which, pursuant to this paragraph,
 23 a range estimate is not required to be provided prior to such sale, if
 24 the entity selling such zero-emission bus or buses later receives a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11102-01-5

 A. 7593 2

 1 range estimate for the model or models sold, such entity shall provide
 2 such range estimate or estimates to the district or contractor that
 3 purchased such buses.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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