---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the electric vehicle rights act"
description: "Enacts the electric vehicle rights act; provides that a homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6165"
citation: "New York A 6165 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EPSTEIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2022-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ede7ecf7-0b14-4ee3-a6b4-4d5649ebd681"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6165"
source_hash: "14c0d1dd5c7760a223c28a0df763e5889a4716da6db33942d54bd30d2109937e"
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 6165 (2021-2022) — Enacts the electric vehicle rights act

Enacts the electric vehicle rights act; provides that a homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce any rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit, or impose unreasonable limitations on, the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6165&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A6165A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6165A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **102–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EPSTEIN — primary (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** PRINT NUMBER 6165A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** REPORTED
- **2022-05-16** RULES REPORT CAL.187
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.187
- **2022-05-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-18** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8518A
- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1182
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.627 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ede7ecf7-0b14-4ee3-a6b4-4d5649ebd681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).