---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to study and make recommendations regarding the state's electric vehicle inventory and vehicle infrastructure"
description: "Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to study and make recommendations regarding the state's electric vehicle inventory and improvements to the state's electric vehicle infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5820"
citation: "New York S 5820 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["METZGER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-15"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c089565a-6f72-4349-9452-2d4f05b4a5d3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5820"
source_hash: "690cedb2099c152445ef76ea6d2a3388d1d549df52389d74942aa9be9cbc9a9c"
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 S 5820 (2019-2020) — Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to study and make recommendations regarding the state's electric vehicle inventory and vehicle infrastructure

Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to study and make recommendations regarding the state's electric vehicle inventory and improvements to the state's electric vehicle infrastructure.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S5820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5820&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- METZGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-15** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1401
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4937
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.263
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.676 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c089565a-6f72-4349-9452-2d4f05b4a5d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).