Bill Text: NY S08743 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of state, in consultation with the division of homeland security and emergency services and the New York state energy research and development authority, to develop and maintain safety resources, information, and protocols in regard to fire hazard prevention relating to, but not limited to, lithium-ion batteries, second-use lithium-ion batteries, bicycles with electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law, mopeds, and micromobility devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9338 [S08743 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08743-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8743

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 6, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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  lithium-ion
          battery safety resources

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-nnn to read as follows:
     3    § 399-nnn. Lithium-ion battery safety resources.  1. For the  purposes
     4  of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (a)  "Lithium-ion  battery"  means a storage battery in which an elec-
     6  trical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon  carbo-
     7  nate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte.
     8    (b)  "Second-use lithium-ion battery" means a lithium-ion battery that
     9  has been assembled, refurbished, repaired, repurposed  or  reconditioned
    10  using cells removed from used batteries.
    11    (c)  "Micromobility  device"  means  an electric scooter as defined in
    12  section one hundred fourteen-e of the vehicle and traffic law, an  elec-
    13  trical  personal  assistive  mobility  device  as defined in section one
    14  hundred fourteen-d of the vehicle and traffic  law,  or  other  personal
    15  mobility  device  equipped  with a lithium-ion or other storage battery,
    16  including, but not limited to, a skateboard, unicycle, or other  similar
    17  wheeled  device. The term "micromobility device" shall not include bicy-
    18  cles with electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of the
    19  vehicle and traffic law, wheelchairs or other electrically driven mobil-
    20  ity assistance devices as defined in section one hundred thirty-a of the
    21  vehicle and traffic law, or any vehicle that is capable of being  regis-
    22  tered with the department of motor vehicles.
    23    (d)  "Moped"  means a limited use motorcycle as defined in section one
    24  hundred twenty-one-b of the vehicle and traffic law.
    25    2. The department of state, in consultation with the division of home-
    26  land security and emergency services  and  the  New  York  state  energy
    27  research  and  development  authority, shall develop and maintain safety
    28  resources,  information,  and  protocols  in  regard  to   fire   hazard

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14750-02-4
        S. 8743                             2

     1  prevention  relating  to,  but  not  limited  to, lithium-ion batteries,
     2  second-use lithium-ion  batteries,  bicycles  with  electric  assist  as
     3  defined  in  section  one  hundred two-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
     4  mopeds,  and  micromobility  devices. The department of state shall post
     5  such safety resources, information and protocols on their website.  Such
     6  safety resources, information and protocols shall be designed to educate
     7  the public on how to respond to and deal with emergency circumstances in
     8  regard  to  incidents  associated  with, but not limited to, the use and
     9  charging of lithium-ion  batteries,  second-use  lithium-ion  batteries,
    10  bicycles with electric assist as defined in section one hundred two-c of
    11  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law, mopeds, and micromobility devices. Such
    12  safety resources, information and protocols shall include,  but  not  be
    13  limited  to,  charging  tips,  how  to dispose of lithium-ion batteries,
    14  handling and preventing lithium-ion battery fires.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.