New York S 8573: Relates to establishing state disaster emergency requirements for homeless shelters

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S08573 Summary:

BILL NOS08573 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00157

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SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CHAN, GALLIVAN, MARTINS, PALUMBO, RHOADS, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§114-f & 114-g, Art 15-B §414-a, amd §102-c, rpld §2268, V & T L

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Enacts the "responsible implementation of e-bike regulations for safe cycling (RIDERS) act; defines "electric skateboard" and "electric personal mobility device"; requires the registration of all electric personal mobility devices, including, but not limited to, bicycles with electric assist, electric scooters and electric skateboards; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS08573 

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11/07/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8573

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 November 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, MARTINS -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the
 "responsible implementation of e-bike regulations for safe cycling
 (RIDERS) act"; and to repeal certain provisions of the vehicle and
 traffic law, relating to motor-assisted vehicles

 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 "responsible implementation of e-bike regulations for safe cycling
 3 (RIDERS) act."
 4 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new sections
 5 114-f and 114-g to read as follows:
 6 § 114-f. Electric skateboard. Every device weighing less than one
 7 hundred pounds that:
 8 (a) may have handlebars, a floorboard designed to be stood upon by the
 9 operator that is no more than sixty inches long and eighteen inches
 10 wide, and an electric motor;
 11 (b) can be powered by an electric motor and/or human power;
 12 (c) is designed to transport only one person at a time; and
 13 (d) has a maximum speed of no more than twenty-five miles per hour on
 14 a paved level surface when powered solely by the electric motor.
 15 § 114-g. Electric personal mobility device. Such device shall include,
 16 but not be limited to, an electric bicycle with assist as defined in
 17 section one hundred two-c of this article, electric scooter as defined
 18 in section one hundred fourteen-e of this article and an electric skate-
 19 board as defined in section one hundred fourteen-f of this article.
 20 § 3. Subdivision (c) of section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
 21 as added by section 1 of part XX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is
 22 amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00944-01-5

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 1 (c) "Class three bicycle with electric assist." [Solely within a city
 2 having a population of one million or more, a] A bicycle with electric
 3 assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel
 4 such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such
 5 bicycle reaches a speed of twenty-five miles per hour.
 6 § 4. Section 2268 of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
 7 § 5. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new article
 8 15-B to read as follows:
 9 ARTICLE 15-B
 10 REGISTRATION OF ELECTRIC PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICES
 11 Section 414-a. Registration of electric personal mobility devices.
 12 § 414-a. Registration of electric personal mobility devices. 1. No
 13 electric personal mobility device shall be operated and driven upon
 14 public highways of this state without first being registered with the
 15 provisions of this section, except as otherwise expressly provided in
 16 this chapter. The commissioner is directed to create a new registration
 17 category and process for electric personal mobility devices. Such
 18 registration category shall apply to all types of electric personal
 19 mobility devices, including, but not