New York S 2492: Relates to requirements for reducing emissions from medium and heavy-duty vehicles

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S02492 Summary:

BILL NOS02492 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06254

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, FERNANDEZ

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §19-0306-b, add §19-0306-c, En Con L

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Enacts an advanced clean fleets law to reduce vehicle emissions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.

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BILL NOS02492 

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2492

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 enacting the advanced clean fleets law

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 19-0306-b of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. It shall be a goal of the state that one hundred percent of new
 5 passenger cars and trucks offered for sale or lease, or sold, or leased,
 6 for registration in the state shall be zero-emissions by two thousand
 7 thirty-five. It shall be a further goal of the state that fifty percent
 8 of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles offered for sale or lease, or
 9 sold, or leased, for registration in the state be zero-emissions by two
 10 thousand thirty-two, that eighty percent of medium-duty and heavy-duty
 11 vehicles offered for sale or lease, or sold, or leased, for registration
 12 in the state be zero-emissions by two thousand thirty-seven, and that
 13 one hundred percent of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles offered for
 14 sale or lease, or sold, or leased, for registration in the state be
 15 zero-emissions by two thousand [forty-five] forty-two for all operations
 16 where feasible. It shall be further a goal of the state to transition to
 17 one hundred percent zero-emissions from new off-road vehicles and equip-
 18 ment purchased beginning in two thousand thirty-five, where feasible.
 19 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 19-0306-b of the environ-
 20 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2022,
 21 is amended to read as follows:
 22 b. Medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicle regulations requiring increasing
 23 volumes of new zero-emissions trucks and buses offered for sale or
 24 lease, or sold, or leased, for registration and operated in the state

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01417-01-5

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 1 towards the target of fifty percent of the sold or leased fleet transi-
 2 tioning to zero-emissions vehicles by two thousand thirty-two, eighty
 3 percent of the sold or leased fleet transitioning to zero-emissions
 4 vehicles by two thousand thirty-seven, and one hundred percent of the
 5 sold or leased fleet transitioning to zero-emissions vehicles by two
 6 thousand [forty-five] forty-two everywhere feasible.
 7 § 3. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 8 section 19-0306-c to read as follows:
 9 § 19-0306-c. Advanced clean fleets law for medium- and heavy-duty vehi-
 10 cles.
 11 1. This section shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the
 12 "advanced clean fleets law".
 13 2. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
 14 following meanings:
 15 (a) "Break-bulk goods" shall mean goods that are stowed on a drayage
 16 truck in individually counted units.
 17 (b) "Drayage truck" shall mean any in-use on-road vehicle that trans-
 18 ports cargo, such as containerized bulk or break-bulk goods, between a
 19 maritime terminal and intermodal rail facility, distribution center, or
 20 other near-port location.
 21 (c) "Fleet operator" or "operator" shall mean the individual or busi-
 22 ness entity, whether in partnership, limited liability company, joint
 23 stock compa