---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to parking in electric vehicle charging spaces"
description: "Relates to parking in electric vehicle charging spaces; prohibits motor vehicles which are not an electric vehicle from parking in such spaces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8608"
citation: "New York A 8608 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-10-02"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18757cdd-7623-42ea-ba6a-fbb6a114647a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8608"
source_hash: "7b0af12adb53bca50305ab7a8687bdb4246d2abe90a24eb3b86a9b9f59949d72"
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 8608 (2019-2020) — Relates to parking in electric vehicle charging spaces

Relates to parking in electric vehicle charging spaces; prohibits motor vehicles which are not an electric vehicle from parking in such spaces.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8608&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-02** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** REPORTED
- **2020-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.431
- **2020-03-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-03-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-03-02** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6836
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.806
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.206 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18757cdd-7623-42ea-ba6a-fbb6a114647a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).