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NY S 6445

in committee

Enacts the "all electric ATVs act of 2025"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 6445 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6445 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

What is NY S 6445 about?

Enacts the "all electric ATVs act"; requires a study to be conducted on the feasibility of installing electric ATV charging stations along all state-maintained trails where use of ATVs is permitted, with the goal to have 100% all electric ATVs within the state by 2035; increases the weight limit of ATVs to 2 thousand pounds dry weight; amends fee schedules for registration of ATVs; directs a portion of funds collected from registration of electric ATVs to be donated to the federal EPA.

Who sponsors NY S 6445?

Pete Harckham is the primary sponsor of NY S 6445.

Description

Enacts the "all electric ATVs act"; requires a study to be conducted on the feasibility of installing electric ATV charging stations along all state-maintained trails where use of ATVs is permitted, with the goal to have 100% all electric ATVs within the state by 2035; increases the weight limit of ATVs to 2 thousand pounds dry weight; amends fee schedules for registration of ATVs; directs a portion of funds collected from registration of electric ATVs to be donated to the federal EPA.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Bill type
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Sponsors

  • Pete Harckhamprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-14

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8000not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6445?summary=&detail=

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