| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 12, 2022 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S9273
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
2021-S9273 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9813
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §392-k, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2023-2024:
S418
2025-2026: S5601
2021-S9273 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9273
SPONSOR: THOMAS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring seri-
al numbers on all catalytic converters sold in New York state
PURPOSE:
To address the theft of catalytic converters by requiring manufacturers
to engrave serial numbers on all catalytic converters.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the general business law to require that all catalytic
converters manufactured after January 1, 2023 have a serial number
stamped or engraved that distinguishes that catalytic converter from all
other catalytic converters of the same make and model.
JUSTIFICATION:
2021-S9273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
9273
I N S E N A T E
May 12, 2022
___________
Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring seri-
al numbers on all catalytic converters sold in New York state
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
392-k to read as follows:
§ 392-K. CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; SERIAL NUMBERS. NO CATALYTIC CONVERTER
MANUFACTURED OR ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-THREE SHALL BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE AS AN INDIVIDUAL PART OR AS
PART OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THIS STATE UNLESS IT HAS AN IDENTIFYING SERI-
AL NUMBER THAT DISTINGUISHES THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER FROM ALL OTHER
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS OF THAT SAME MAKE AND MODEL PERMANENTLY AND VISIBLY
ENGRAVED OR STAMPED IN READILY LEGIBLE BOLDFACED FIGURES AT LEAST ONE-
EIGHTH INCHES IN HEIGHT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE SERIAL NUMBER CANNOT
BE REMOVED WITHOUT BEING DEFACED OR DESTROYED.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15046-01-2
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