Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to consumer protection returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 01, 2023 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 01, 2023 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 26, 2023 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 25, 2023 |
1st report cal.657 |
Jan 04, 2023 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S157
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 17th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D) 34th Senate District
(D, WF) 59th Senate District
2023-S157 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5310
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 39-H §§899-ggg & 899-hhh, Gen Bus L
2023-S157 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S157 SPONSOR: KRUEGER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of second-use lithium-ion batteries SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: A new article of the General Business Law is created to prohibit the distribution, assembly, or sale of second-use lithium-ion batteries for e-bikes and e-scooters that have been assembled or reconditioned using cells removed from used batteries. A person who violated the law would be subject to a civil penalty. The civil penalty would range from $200 for a first violation to $1,000 for each subsequent violation within two years. JUSTIFICATION: Lithium-Ion battery fires can be extremely dangerous because they are self-sustaining and are difficult to contain and extinguish. The
2023-S157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 157 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- 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 prohibiting the sale of second-use lithium-ion batteries 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 article 39-H to read as follows: ARTICLE 39-H SECOND-USE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES SECTION 899-GGG. DEFINITIONS. 899-HHH. SALE OF SECOND-USE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES. § 899-GGG. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "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. 2. "SECOND-USE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY" MEANS A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY THAT HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED OR RECONDITIONED USING CELLS REMOVED FROM USED BATTERIES. § 899-HHH. SALE OF SECOND-USE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES. 1. NO PERSON SHALL DISTRIBUTE, ASSEMBLE, RECONDITION, SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE A SECOND-USE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY INTENDED FOR USE IN A BICYCLE WITH ELEC- TRIC ASSIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR- TEEN-E OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR A LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01103-01-3
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