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Bill	Relates to standards for the manufacture and sale of lithium-ion batteries	Prohibits the sale of lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist or limited use motorcycles unless such batteries are manufactured in accordance with certain standards and specifications; provides a civil penalty; authorizes district attorneys, county attorneys, and corporation counsel to have concurrent authority to seek the relief.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2023-2024	A 4938	New York A 4938 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Jeffrey Dinowitz	5	29	4	2023-02-27	2024-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/1718f14a-b60b-4a99-bb96-e31e9819f489	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4938	0e47007a33660850db07a2624a36a05186616251656b50f041f31db09c8dd763	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 4938 (2023-2024) — Relates to standards for the manufacture and sale of lithium-ion batteries

Prohibits the sale of lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, bicycles with electric assist or limited use motorcycles unless such batteries are manufactured in accordance with certain standards and specifications; provides a civil penalty; authorizes district attorneys, county attorneys, and corporation counsel to have concurrent authority to seek the relief.

Version chain

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

1. A4938 (committee substitute) — source
2. A4938A (committee substitute) — source
3. A4938B (committee substitute) — source
4. A4938C (committee substitute) — source
5. A4938D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 137–8 (pass) · lower
• Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — 134–10 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: D — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• MOTION:DINOWITZ; To reconsider — 149–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeffrey Dinowitz — primary (person)
• Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
• David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
• Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
• Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gary Pretlow — cosponsor (person)
• Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
• William Colton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-27 REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 PRINT NUMBER 4938A amendment-passage
• 2023-05-31 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-31 PRINT NUMBER 4938B amendment-passage
• 2024-01-03 REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 PRINT NUMBER 4938C amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 REPORTED
• 2024-03-05 RULES REPORT CAL.18
• 2024-03-05 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.18
• 2024-03-05 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2024-03-05 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2024-03-05 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 RECALLED FROM SENATE
• 2024-04-16 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-04-16 VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
• 2024-04-16 AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4938D amendment-passage
• 2024-05-06 REPASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2024-05-06 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2024-05-06 RECOMMITTED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION referral-committee
• 2024-05-21 SUBSTITUTED FOR S154F
• 2024-05-21 3RD READING CAL.1071
• 2024-05-21 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2024-05-21 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-07-11 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2024-07-11 SIGNED CHAP.195 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1718f14a-b60b-4a99-bb96-e31e9819f489. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).