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A00252 Summary:

BILL NOA00252 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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COSPNSRColton, Jacobson, McDonough, Gray, DeStefano, Zinerman, Gallagher, Sayegh, Shimsky, Simone, Taylor,
 Benedetto, Epstein, Beephan, Chang, Brown K, Hyndman, Bichotte Hermelyn, Levenberg, Davila, Cook,
 Steck, Woerner, Raga, Hooks

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Add §§1244 & 1290, V & T L

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Requires the use of a fire-resistant blanket, bag or container when charging a bicycle with electric assist or an electric scooter; requires sellers of such vehicles to include a fire-resistant blanket, bag, or container with the sale of each e-bike or e-scooter; establishes fines.

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BILL NOA00252 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 252

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, COLTON, JACOBSON, McDONOUGH, GRAY, DeSTE-
 FANO, ZINERMAN, GALLAGHER, SAYEGH, SHIMSKY, SIMONE, TAYLOR, BENEDETTO,
 EPSTEIN, BEEPHAN, CHANG, K. BROWN, HYNDMAN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LEVEN-
 BERG, DAVILA, COOK, STECK, WOERNER, RAGA -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use of a
 fire-resistant blanket, bag or container when charging a bicycle with
 electric assist or an electric scooter

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1244 to read as follows:
 3 § 1244. Battery pack; fire-resistant blanket. 1. Every bicycle with
 4 electric assist shall be sold with a fiberglass fire-resistant blanket
 5 which shall be used when charging the bicycle with electric assist.
 6 Every person charging a bicycle with electric assist shall place the
 7 lithium-ion battery pack under such fiberglass fire-resistant blanket,
 8 or in a fire-resistant bag or container, while the charging is taking
 9 place. If the battery cannot be removed from the bicycle with electric
 10 assist and charged separately, then a fiberglass fire-resistant blanket
 11 shall be placed over the entire bicycle with electric assist.
 12 2. Sellers of bicycles with electric assist shall include a fiberglass
 13 fire-resistant blanket or fire-resistant bag or container which meets
 14 the requirements of this section for the particular bicycle with elec-
 15 tric assist being purchased with each purchase of a bicycle with elec-
 16 tric assist.
 17 3. A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of five
 18 hundred dollars for the first violation and an additional five hundred
 19 dollars for each subsequent violation.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01496-01-5

 A. 252 2

 1 4. For the purposes of this section, the term "fire-resistant" shall
 2 mean a fiberglass blanket or a bag or container which meets the defi-
 3 nition of fire resistance as defined in the state fire code as that
 4 property of materials or their assemblies that prevents or retards the
 5 passage of excessive heat, hot gases, or flames under conditions of use.
 6 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 7 1290 to read as follows:
 8 § 1290. Battery pack; fire-resistant blanket. 1. Every electric scoot-
 9 er shall be sold with a fiberglass fire-resistant blanket which shall be
 10 used when charging the electric scooter. Every person charging an elec-
 11 tric scooter shall place the lithium-ion battery pack under such fiber-
 12 glass fire-resistant blanket, or in a fire-resistant bag or container,
 13 while the charging is taking place. If the battery cannot be removed
 14 from the electric scooter and charged separately, then a fiberglass
 15 fire-resistant blanket shall be placed over the entire electric scooter.
 16 2. Sellers of electric scooters shall include a fiberglass fire-resis-
 17 tant blanket or fire-resistant bag or container wh