---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the purchase or lease of zero emission vehicles for state-owned vehicle fleets"
description: "Directs the office of general services in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority to prepare a state fleet procurement plan for the purchase or lease of state agency vehicles to ensure state agency vehicles will be zero emission vehicles over a certain period of time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 2838"
citation: "New York S 2838 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49962de7-72c8-4e1a-9824-7aeeedff5efb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2838"
source_hash: "45ec3ee7a61189eaa14c735d557ed3e2035a1de8ce932c5f5455a3f4cae8d0a7"
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 2838 (2021-2022) — Relates to the purchase or lease of zero emission vehicles for state-owned vehicle fleets

Directs the office of general services in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the New York state energy research and development authority to prepare a state fleet procurement plan for the purchase or lease of state agency vehicles to ensure state agency vehicles will be zero emission vehicles over a certain period of time.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2838&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S2838A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S2838A)
3. **S2838B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S2838B)
4. **S2838C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S2838C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **116–29** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **51–11** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **18–3** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: A — **20–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **49–13** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: B — **20–2** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote - Version: B — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** PRINT NUMBER 2838A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.726
- **2021-04-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-26** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** PRINT NUMBER 2838B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-11** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.125
- **2022-01-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-02-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2838C `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-04-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-04-25** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2412B
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.82
- **2022-04-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-04-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.789 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.75

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49962de7-72c8-4e1a-9824-7aeeedff5efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).