New York S 3560: Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus and creates the crime of vehicular homicide in the third degree

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S03560 Summary:

BILL NOS03560 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRFAHY, PARKER, SEPULVEDA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1854, Pub Auth L

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Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to certain individuals; sets standards for lithium-ion batteries provided pursuant to the program; requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.

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BILL NOS03560 

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.757

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

03/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.463

03/09/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/10/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3560

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, PARKER, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Finance

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
 a lithium-ion battery safety program

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1854 of the public authorities law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
 3 27. Lithium-ion battery safety program. (a) For purposes of this
 4 subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (i) "Lithium-ion battery" means a storage battery in which an elec-
 6 trical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon
 7 graphite or nickel metal-oxide substrate placed in a high-viscosity
 8 carbonate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte.
 9 (ii) "Powered mobility device" means a bicycle with electric assist as
 10 defined by section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law, an
 11 electric scooter as defined by section one hundred fourteen-e of the
 12 vehicle and traffic law, a limited use motorcycle as defined by section
 13 one hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law, which is
 14 powered wholly or partially by an electric motor, an electric personal
 15 assistive mobility device as defined in section one hundred fourteen-d
 16 of the vehicle and traffic law or other personal mobility device
 17 equipped with a lithium-ion or other storage battery, including but not
 18 limited to, a skateboard, unicycle, or other similar wheeled device.
 19 (iii) "Accredited testing laboratory" means a nationally recognized
 20 testing laboratory as recognized by the federal occupational safety and
 21 health administration or an independent laboratory that has been certi-
 22 fied by an accrediting body to ISO 17025 or ISO 17065.
 23 (b) No later than one year after the effective date of this subdivi-
 24 sion, the authority, in collaboration with the department of environ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02631-01-5

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 1 mental conservation and any other appropriate agency, shall develop and
 2 administer a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for
 3 powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to eligible individ-
 4 uals.
 5 (c) The program created pursuant to this subdivision shall include
 6 either rebates or the exchange of new lithium-ion batteries for used
 7 lithium-ion batteries.
 8 (d) Within one year of the effective date of this subdivision, the
 9 authority shall implement and administer this subdivision including
 10 promulgating rules relating to the forms required to claim a rebate or
 11 exchange a lithium-ion battery, the required documentation for estab-
 12 lishing eligibility, procedures and guidelines for claiming a rebate or
 13 exchanging a lithium-ion battery, and