---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to rechargeable battery recycling"
description: "Relates to rechargeable battery recycling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8832"
citation: "New York S 8832 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ff66711-9292-40d6-a618-1496e5b17df6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8832"
source_hash: "cd4e3bae6424c1fff1ef43bf2dc5208f23c11aed8f5e9c59c58a4e3b2ee77696"
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 8832 (2025-2026) — Relates to rechargeable battery recycling

Relates to rechargeable battery recycling.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8832** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8832&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **51–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.47
- **2026-01-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-21** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9504
- **2026-02-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.16
- **2026-02-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-02-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.87 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ff66711-9292-40d6-a618-1496e5b17df6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).