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A06304 Summary:

BILL NOA06304 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORTapia

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §378-a, Exec L

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Requires all new residential and commercial construction that has dedicated off-street parking to implement electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure in conformance with the requirements of the current edition of the national electrical code.

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BILL NOA06304 

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03/03/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6304

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring all new
 residential and commercial construction that has dedicated off-street
 parking to implement electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure

 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 "electric vehicle readiness act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 378-a to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 378-a. Standards for construction of electric vehicle supply equip-
 6 ment. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
 7 have the following meanings:
 8 a. "Electric vehicle" or "EV" shall mean an automotive-type vehicle
 9 for on-road use, such as passenger automobiles, buses, trucks, vans,
 10 neighborhood electric vehicles, electric motorcycles, and the like,
 11 powered by an electric motor that draws current from a rechargeable
 12 storage battery, fuel cell, photovoltaic array, or other source of elec-
 13 tric current which is charged by being plugged into an electrical
 14 source. For the purpose of this section, off-road, self-propelled elec-
 15 tric vehicles, such as industrial trucks, hoists, lifts, transports,
 16 golf carts, airline ground support equipment, tractors, boats, and the
 17 like, are not included.
 18 b. "Electric vehicle supply equipment" or "EVSE" shall mean the
 19 conductors, including the ungrounded, grounded and equipment grounding
 20 conductors, and the electric vehicle connectors, attachment plugs, and
 21 all other fittings, devices, power outlets, or other apparatus installed
 22 specifically for the purpose of transferring energy between the wiring
 23 of the premises and the electric vehicle.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09102-01-5

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 1 c. "Electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure" shall mean the
 2 equipment, as defined by the national electrical code, which is provided
 3 to support future electric vehicle charging. This shall include, but not
 4 be limited to: the design load placed on electrical panels and service
 5 equipment to support the additional electrical demand, the panel capaci-
 6 ty to support additional feeder or branch circuits, and the installation
 7 of raceways, both underground and surface mounted, to support the elec-
 8 trical vehicle supply equipment.
 9 2. All new commercial and residential buildings that include dedicated
 10 off-street parking, that is not located in any dedicated public right-
 11 of-way, shall be required to install EVSE infrastructure as follows:
 12 a. The EVSE infrastructure shall be installed pursuant to the require-
 13 ments of the current edition of the national electrical code.
 14 b. The number of parking spaces shall be at least one parking space
 15 with EVSE infrastructure for every five parking spaces without EVSE
 16 infrastructure.
 17 c. For all new commercial construction, all new off-street parking
 18 shall include EVSE infrastructure based on the total number of parking
 19 spaces established in paragraph b of this subdivision.
 20 (i) The electrical equipment room, when provided for in new buildings,
 21 shall have a dedicated space for the future installation of EVSE