NY A04827 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental employees
Pending: Assembly Governmental Employees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 23 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental employees
Pending: Assembly Governmental Employees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Enacts the "cobalt and lithium mining and production divestment act" to prevent monies or assets of the common retirement fund from being invested in the stocks, securities or other obligations of any institution or company engaging in cobalt and lithium mining or production for the manufacture of batteries used in large-scale battery storage power stations and the primary propulsion systems for electric vehicles, if such company cannot establish through approved independent monitoring that their mining operation does not use child labor and that adult miners and other workers are employed under conditions that meet accepted criteria.
Title
Enacts the "cobalt and lithium mining and production divestment act" to prevent monies or assets of the common retirement fund from being invested in the stocks, securities or other obligations of any institution or company engaging in cobalt and lithium mining or production for the manufacture of batteries used in large-scale battery storage power stations and the primary propulsion systems for electric vehicles, if such company cannot establish through approved independent monitoring that their mining operation does not use child labor and that adult miners and other workers are employed under conditions that meet accepted criteria.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2023-05-09 - Assembly - Assembly Governmental Employees Committee: Held for Consideration (Y: 9 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-03 | Assembly | referred to governmental employees |
| 2023-05-09 | Assembly | held for consideration in governmental employees |
| 2023-02-23 | Assembly | referred to governmental employees |
