---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries"
description: "Clarifies the definition of lithium-ion battery in relation to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving such batteries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 1020"
citation: "New York A 1020 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Taylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2fd019d-b955-4489-8a20-1b7c520a56c1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1020"
source_hash: "7d9c965cb8b8a852253d268199f82f9bead4a3ec1b08ff7028bfd8004bb29fa4"
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 1020 (2025-2026) — Relates to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving lithium-ion batteries

Clarifies the definition of lithium-ion battery in relation to hazardous materials emergency response training for incidents involving such batteries.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1020&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Al Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** REPORTED
- **2025-01-13** RULES REPORT CAL.5
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.5
- **2025-01-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S736
- **2025-01-28** 3RD READING CAL.11
- **2025-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.40 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2fd019d-b955-4489-8a20-1b7c520a56c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).