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Senate Bill S9027

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the installation and maintenance of outdoor lithium-ion battery charging stations at multiple dwellings

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2023-S9027 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §378, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S3761

2023-S9027 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation and maintenance of outdoor lithium-ion battery charging stations at multiple dwellings as part of the state uniform fire prevention and building code; prohibits charging lithium-ion batteries used in powered mobility devices inside of multiple dwellings.

2023-S9027 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9027
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 10, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
   Community Development
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the instal-
   lation  and  maintenance  of  outdoor  lithium-ion  battery   charging
   stations at multiple dwellings

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 378  of  the  executive  law,  as
 renumbered by section 3 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, is
 renumbered  subdivision  21 and a new subdivision 20 is added to read as
 follows:
   20. A. STANDARDS (I) REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE AT ALL
 MULTIPLE DWELLINGS OF AT LEAST ONE OUTDOOR CHARGING STATION  FOR  LITHI-
 UM-ION  BATTERIES  USED  IN POWERED MOBILITY DEVICES BY THE RESIDENTS OF
 SUCH  MULTIPLE  DWELLING;  AND  (II)  PROHIBITING  CHARGING  LITHIUM-ION
 BATTERIES USED IN POWERED MOBILITY DEVICES INSIDE OF MULTIPLE DWELLINGS.
   B.  AS  USED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I) "LITHIUM-ION BATTERY" MEANS A STORAGE BATTERY IN  WHICH  AN  ELEC-
 TRICAL  CURRENT  IS  GENERATED  BY  LITHIUM  IONS  EMBEDDED  IN A CARBON
 GRAPHITE OR NICKEL METAL-OXIDE  SUBSTRATE  PLACED  IN  A  HIGH-VISCOSITY
 CARBONATE MIXTURE OR GELLED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE.
   (II) "POWERED MOBILITY DEVICE" MEANS A BICYCLE WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST AS
 DEFINED  BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AN
 ELECTRIC SCOOTER AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN-E  OF  THE
 VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW, A LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE AS DEFINED BY SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  WHICH  IS
 POWERED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AN ELECTRICAL PERSONAL
 ASSISTIVE  MOBILITY  DEVICE AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-D
 OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW  OR  OTHER  PERSONAL  MOBILITY  DEVICE
 EQUIPPED  WITH A LITHIUM-ION OR OTHER STORAGE BATTERY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, A SKATEBOARD, UNICYCLE, OR OTHER SIMILAR WHEELED DEVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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