New York A 6795: Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a study on the public safety implications of the electrification of buildings and transportation in the context of emergency response

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A06795 Summary:

BILL NOA06795 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPalmesano

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COSPNSRAngelino, Bendett, Brown E, Manktelow, Simpson, Gallahan, Gandolfo, Beephan, Smullen, Tague,
 Slater, Blumencranz, DeStefano, Jensen, Lemondes, Maher

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Directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a study on the public safety implications of the electrification of buildings and transportation in the context of emergency response and to issue a report on the findings and recommendations as a result of such study; exempts emergency services vehicles and heavy equipment from the requirements of the climate leadership and community protection act of 2019; prohibits the use of battery packs which contain cobalt mined components for primary propulsion of emergency services vehicles.

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BILL NOA06795 

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03/14/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6795

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, ANGELINO, BENDETT, E. BROWN, MANKTE-
 LOW, SIMPSON, GALLAHAN, GANDOLFO, BEEPHAN, SMULLEN, TAGUE, SLATER,
 BLUMENCRANZ, DeSTEFANO, JENSEN, LEMONDES, MAHER -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT directing the division of homeland security and emergency
 services to conduct a study on the public safety implications of the
 electrification of buildings and the transportation sector in the
 context of emergency response in adverse conditions; exempting emer-
 gency services vehicles and heavy equipment from the requirements of
 the climate leadership and community protection act of 2019; and
 prohibiting the use of battery packs which contain cobalt mined compo-
 nents for primary propulsion of emergency services vehicles

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that, since the
 2 passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in 2019
 3 and the release of the New York Climate Action Council's Final Scoping
 4 Plan in 2022, insufficient attention has been devoted to rigorous exam-
 5 ination of the consequences of New York's building and transportation
 6 electrification mandates on all aspects of emergency response, especial-
 7 ly during power outages, storms and other adverse and dangerous situ-
 8 ations.
 9 The legislature further finds and contends that relying on a function-
 10 ing electrical grid to power the vehicles and other equipment used to
 11 prepare for, and respond to, emergency situations may lead to an unac-
 12 ceptable loss of tactical and operational flexibility, when emergency
 13 services are called upon, as these vehicles and other pieces of equip-
 14 ment are most likely to be called upon during adverse weather events
 15 when a local or regional electrical grid may not be functional or reli-
 16 able enough to enable its use to charge and recharge such assets. Emer-
 17 gency response vehicles, generators, and other tools and assets used in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08918-01-5

 A. 6795 2

 1 emergency situations are currently able to function in the absence of a
 2 reliable source of electricity through the use of fossil fuels, which
 3 may be carried in portable containers as the need arises; removing such
 4 a capability via legislative mandate, without known resilient alterna-
 5 tives, would, in all likelihood, subject New Yorkers to an unacceptable
 6 level of risk during storms, power outages and other dangerous situ-
 7 ations.
 8 In order to properly assess the risks that the State's building and
 9 transportation electrification efforts present to emergency response
 10 plans, personnel and equipment, the legislature hereby directs the divi-
 11 sion of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a study on
 12 the public safety implicatio