---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to electric vehicle charging station installation in condominiums"
description: "Provides that no covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a condominium and any by-laws that prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station is void."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5157"
citation: "New York S 5157 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/638d545f-65c6-4c5c-a85b-d4fdec5b5faf"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5157"
source_hash: "543c60813f98ff14e92ea3351a21d7dd7dc4bbb2643def1670d8449ecfaff8e4"
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 5157 (2019-2020) — Relates to electric vehicle charging station installation in condominiums

Provides that no covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a condominium and any by-laws that prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station is void.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5157&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5157A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5157A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **105–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 5157A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1554
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6338A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.365
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.597 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/638d545f-65c6-4c5c-a85b-d4fdec5b5faf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).