{"id":251541,"date":"2024-07-12T20:46:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T20:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/?p=251541"},"modified":"2024-07-12T20:47:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T20:47:16","slug":"governor-hochul-has-just-signed-8-bills-into-law-that-are-intended-to-provide-safety-measures-for-ion-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/nyspffa_news\/governor-hochul-has-just-signed-8-bills-into-law-that-are-intended-to-provide-safety-measures-for-ion-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Hochul has just signed 8 bills into law that are intended to provide safety measures for ion batteries."},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Hochul has just signed 8 bills into law that are intended to provide safety measures for ion batteries.\u00a0 See below.<\/p>\n

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A4938D<\/td>\nDinowitz<\/strong>\u00a0-- Relates to standards for the manufacture and sale of lithium-ion batteries
\nSame as S 154-F KRUEGER
\nSUMM :\u00a0<\/strong>Add Art 28-G SS495 & 495-a, Gen Bus L Prohibits the sale of lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist or limited use motorcycles unless such batteries are manufactured in accordance with certain standards and specifications; provides a civil penalty; authorizes district attorneys, county attorneys, and corporation counsel to have concurrent authority to seek the relief.
\nEff. Date 10\/09\/2024
\nLast Act:\u00a0<\/strong>07\/11\/24 signed chap.195 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A7628A<\/td>\nBores<\/strong>\u00a0-- Requires the reporting of certain accidents involving electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist
\nSame as S 9419 COONEY
\nSUMM :\u00a0<\/strong>Amd SS603, 603-a, 604 & 605, V & T L Requires the reporting of certain accidents involving vehicles, including electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist; requires reports to include information indicating whether certain accidents involved electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist.
\nEff. Date 07\/11\/2025 (See Table)
\nLast Act:\u00a0<\/strong>07\/11\/24 signed chap.196<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A8102A<\/td>\nEachus<\/strong>\u00a0-- Requires micromobility devices, mopeds, and bicycles with electric assist to have a red tag attached to the charging cord which states to unplug when not in use
\nSame as S 7760-A CHU
\nSUMM :\u00a0<\/strong>Add S399-nnn, Gen Bus L Requires micromobility devices, mopeds, and bicycles with electric assist to have a red tag attached to the charging cord which states to unplug when not in use.
\nEff. Date 07\/11\/2024
\nLast Act:\u00a0<\/strong>07\/11\/24 signed chap.197 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A8450B<\/td>\nBores<\/strong>\u00a0-- Requires limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale
\nSame as S 7703-B HOYLMAN-SIGAL
\nSUMM :\u00a0<\/strong>Amd S2261, V & T L Requires limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale.
\nEff. Date 01\/07\/2025 (See Table)
\nLast Act:\u00a0<\/strong>07\/11\/24 signed chap.198<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A9337<\/td>\nTaylor<\/strong>\u00a0-- Relates to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries
\nSame as S 8742 CLEARE
\nSUMM :\u00a0<\/strong>Amd S156-a, Exec L Requires the state fire administrator to establish hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries.
\nEff. Date 07\/11\/2024
\nLast Act:\u00a0<\/strong>07\/11\/24 signed chap.199 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A9338<\/td>\nDe Los Santos<\/strong>\u00a0-- Relates to lithium-ion battery safety resources
\nSame as S 8743 CLEARE
\nSUMM :\u00a0<\/strong>Add S399-nnn, Gen Bus L 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.
\nEff. Date 10\/09\/2024
\nLast Act:\u00a0<\/strong>07\/11\/24 signed chap.200 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S7503B<\/td>\nCLEARE<\/strong>\u00a0-- Requires retailers of micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered by lithium-ion batteries to provide customers with an operating manual
\nSame as A 1910-B Zinerman
\nSUMM :\u00a0<\/strong>Add S391-cc, Gen Bus L Requires retailers of micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered with lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-ion batteries intended for use in such devices or bicycles to provide customers with an operating manual.
\nEff. Date 01\/07\/2025 (See Table)
\nLast Act:\u00a0<\/strong>07\/11\/24 SIGNED CHAP.201
\n07\/11\/24 APPROVAL MEMO.4 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S7744D<\/td>\nCHU<\/strong>\u00a0-- Relates to the sale of bicycles with electric assist and micromobility devices
\nSame as A 8310-C Eachus
\nSUMM :\u00a0<\/strong>Add S391-cc, Gen Bus L Requires retailers to affix a notice on any bicycles with electric assist and micromobility devices which states to always yield to pedestrians and follow traffic laws that you cannot use such device on sidewalks or on highways, except where allowed by local law; authorizes the department of state to promulgate necessary rules and regulations; imposes fines for violations thereof; makes related provisions.
\nEff. Date 01\/07\/2025 (See Table)
\nLast Act:\u00a0<\/strong>07\/11\/24 SIGNED CHAP.202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Hochul has just signed 8 bills into law that are intended to provide safety measures for ion batteries.\u00a0 See below.   A4938D Dinowitz\u00a0— Relates to standards for the manufacture and sale of lithium-ion batteries Same as S 154-F KRUEGER SUMM :\u00a0Add Art 28-G SS495 & 495-a, Gen Bus L Prohibits the sale of lithium-ion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nyspffa_news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MTL9-13r7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251543,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251541\/revisions\/251543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyspffa.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}