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Senate Bill S1749

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to regulations on the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in manufacturers' sales fleets of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles

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2025-S1749 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1073
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-0306-b, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9910, A10724

2025-S1749 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the establishment or enforcement of regulations on the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in manufacturers' sales fleets of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles until the availability of charging infrastructure, and the cost and availability of zero-emission medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles makes the sale of such vehicles more practicable.

2025-S1749 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1749
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to regu-
   lations on the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in  manufacturers'
   sales fleets

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 19-0306-b of the environmental conservation law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,
 NO REGULATION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED OR ENFORCED RELATING TO THE  PERCENT-
 AGE  OF ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES IN MANUFACTURERS' SALES FLEETS OF MEDIUM-
 DUTY AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES UNTIL THE AVAILABILITY OF SUFFICIENT CHARG-
 ING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND  THE  COST  AND  AVAILABILITY  OF  ZERO-EMISSION
 MEDIUM-DUTY  AND  HEAVY-DUTY  VEHICLES  MAKES  THE SALE OF ZERO-EMISSION
 MEDIUM-DUTY AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES MORE PRACTICABLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02999-01-5

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