New York Assembly Bill A06381 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6381 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, ANGELINO, BLANKENBUSH, K. BROWN, GALLAHAN, McDONOUGH, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to educating the public about the health and environmental impacts of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, and the manufacturing thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 19-0301 of the 2 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 3 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. Encourage voluntary cooperation by all persons in controlling air, 5 water and soil pollution and air, water and soil contamination, includ- 6 ing but not limited to, educating the public about the health and envi- 7 ronmental impacts of idling vehicles, such as air pollution from vehicle 8 emissions, environmental impacts of carbon dioxide emissions and health 9 risks associated with exposure to vehicle emissions. Such education 10 shall, at a minimum, include developing and distributing educational 11 materials and posting such information on the department's website. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03696-01-5