---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to lithium-ion battery safety resources for limited use motorcycles"
description: "Changes instances of the term moped to limited use motorcycle in relation to lithium-ion battery safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 440"
citation: "New York A 440 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Manny De Los Santos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f63b126-9d09-4362-bd7f-66adbfdbf8ef"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A440"
source_hash: "936fd7292d15eb1a16544812d7be6921629ac957d22b59ea76f2fec90be15816"
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 440 (2025-2026) — Relates to lithium-ion battery safety resources for limited use motorcycles

Changes instances of the term moped to limited use motorcycle in relation to lithium-ion battery safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **A440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A440&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Manny De Los Santos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** REPORTED
- **2025-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.10
- **2025-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.10
- **2025-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-01-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-01-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S737
- **2025-02-03** 3RD READING CAL.12
- **2025-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f63b126-9d09-4362-bd7f-66adbfdbf8ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).