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A 6381: Educates the public about the health and environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery use and manufacture on air, water and soil.
What A 6381 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to educate the public about the health and environmental impacts of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and their manufacturing. It requires the development and distribution of educational materials and posting of such information on the department's website. The bill encourages voluntary cooperation in controlling air, water, and soil pollution and contamination. It also aims to inform the public about the risks associated with exposure to vehicle emissions and the environmental impacts of carbon dioxide emissions. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6381
- What is the current status of A 6381?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 6381 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to environmental conservation".
- Did A 6381 pass?
- Not yet. A 6381 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6381, and where is it now?
- A 6381 was authored by Asm. Philip Palmesano with 7 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Environmental Conservation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | referred to environmental conservation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 4, 2025 · 245 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6381 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, ANGELINO, BLANKENBUSH, K. BROWN, GALLAHAN, 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. LBD03696-01-5
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