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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to standards for the manufacture and sale of lithium-ion batteries"
+description: "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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 4938"
+citation: "New York A 4938 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey Dinowitz"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-27"
+last_action: "2024-07-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1718f14a-b60b-4a99-bb96-e31e9819f489"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4938"
+source_hash: "0e47007a33660850db07a2624a36a05186616251656b50f041f31db09c8dd763"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 4938 (2023-2024) — Relates to standards for the manufacture and sale of lithium-ion batteries
+
+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.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4938&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A4938A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4938A)
+3. **A4938B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4938B)
+4. **A4938C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4938C)
+5. **A4938D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4938D)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **137–8** (pass) · lower
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **134–10** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: D — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- MOTION:DINOWITZ; To reconsider — **149–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey Dinowitz — primary (person)
+- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
+- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
+- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Gary Pretlow — cosponsor (person)
+- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-27** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** PRINT NUMBER 4938A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-31** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-31** PRINT NUMBER 4938B `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** PRINT NUMBER 4938C `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** REPORTED
+- **2024-03-05** RULES REPORT CAL.18
+- **2024-03-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.18
+- **2024-03-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-03-05** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-16** RECALLED FROM SENATE
+- **2024-04-16** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-04-16** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
+- **2024-04-16** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4938D `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-06** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-05-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-05-06** RECOMMITTED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S154F
+- **2024-05-21** 3RD READING CAL.1071
+- **2024-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-05-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-07-11** SIGNED CHAP.195 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1718f14a-b60b-4a99-bb96-e31e9819f489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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