NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1020
SPONSOR: Taylor TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to hazardous materials
emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion
batteries
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to amend existing legislation to enhance
hazardous materials emergency response training, specifically addressing
incidents involving lithium-ion batteries.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one:
*The term "lithium-ion battery" is redefined to align with section 495
of the general business law.
Section two is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
This chapter makes technical amendments to clarify Chapter 199 of the
laws of 2024.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relating to
hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving
lithium-ion batteries, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8742
and A. 9337.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1020
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to hazardous materials
emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion
batteries
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 156-a of the executive law, as
2 added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law relat-
3 ing to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents
4 involving lithium-ion batteries, as proposed in legislative bills
5 numbers S. 8742 and A. 9337, is amended to read as follows:
6 3. Such specialized hazardous materials emergency response training
7 program curriculum shall also include guidance regarding emergency
8 response to incidents involving lithium-ion batteries. For the purposes
9 of this section, "lithium-ion battery" [means a storage battery in which
10 an electrical current is generated by lithium ions embedded in a carbon
11 graphite nickel metal-oxide substrate placed in a high-viscosity carbo-
12 nate mixture or gelled polymer electrolyte] shall have the same meaning
13 as in section four hundred ninety-five of the general business law.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
15 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the executive law
16 relating to hazardous materials emergency response training for inci-
17 dents involving lithium-ion batteries, as proposed in legislative bills
18 numbers S. 8742 and A. 9337, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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