---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to operating manuals for micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered by lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-ion batteries intended for use in such devices"
description: "Requires operating manuals for micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered by lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-ion batteries intended for use in such devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 738"
citation: "New York S 738 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordell Cleare"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f033101d-630b-4591-ade1-1936fe86bff2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S738"
source_hash: "c7c44218036fb0eccd3ae93ea31a7de4609ea8d6a0454c9e350bc8eee2266ed2"
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 738 (2025-2026) — Relates to operating manuals for micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered by lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-ion batteries intended for use in such devices

Requires operating manuals for micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist and limited use motorcycles powered by lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-ion batteries intended for use in such devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **S738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S738&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **104–45** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cordell Cleare — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.13
- **2025-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-03** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A923
- **2025-02-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.20
- **2025-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-14** SIGNED CHAP.70 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f033101d-630b-4591-ade1-1936fe86bff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).