Bill Text: NY A04848 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4848

Introduced

Bill Title: Educates the public about the health and environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery use and manufacture on air, water and soil.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A04848 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04848-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4848

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO,  ANGELINO, BLANKENBUSH, K. BROWN,
          BYRNES, GALLAHAN, J. M. GIGLIO, McDONOUGH,  TAGUE  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          educating the public about the health  and  environmental  impacts  of
          lithium-ion  batteries  for  electric  vehicles, and the manufacturing
          thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  b  of  subdivision 2 of section 19-0301 of the
     2  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of
     3  2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    b. Encourage voluntary cooperation by all persons in controlling  air,
     5  water  and soil pollution and air, water and soil contamination, includ-
     6  ing but not limited to, educating the public about the health and  envi-
     7  ronmental impacts of idling vehicles, such as air pollution from vehicle
     8  emissions,  environmental impacts of carbon dioxide emissions and health
     9  risks associated with exposure  to  vehicle  emissions.  Such  education
    10  shall,  at  a  minimum,  include developing and distributing educational
    11  materials and posting such information on the department's website.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08492-01-3