New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06391

Introduced
3/4/25  
Refer
3/4/25  

Caption

Enacts the "cobalt and lithium mining and production divestment act" to prevent monies or assets of the common retirement fund from being invested in the stocks, securities or other obligations of any institution or company engaging in cobalt and lithium mining or production for the manufacture of batteries used in large-scale battery storage power stations and the primary propulsion systems for electric vehicles, if such company cannot establish through approved independent monitoring that their mining operation does not use child labor and that adult miners and other workers are employed under conditions that meet accepted criteria.

Companion Bills

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Previously Filed As

NY A2399

Establishes requirements for receipt and purchase of scrap metals containing lithium-ion or propulsion batteries.

NY S3111

Prohibits reconditioning, sale, distribution, and use of second-use lithium ion batteries for use in powered mobility devices; prohibits certain charging and storage of powered mobility devices that contain lithium-ion batteries.

NY AR41

Urges President of U.S. and Congress to investigate environmental and labor risks of lithium-ion battery mining fields.

NY HF2806

State Board of Investment prohibited from investing in companies that boycott mining, energy production, production agriculture, or commercial lumber production; State Board of Investment required to divest from companies boycotting said industries; state agency contracts prohibited; and certain financial institution discrimination prohibited.

NY A08328

Provides that the future siting and construction of battery energy storage systems and related facilities, systems, infrastructure, and substations of any scale and possessing any storage capacity, and including, but not limited to, those deploying lithium-ion batteries, are prohibited on Long Island, in the counties of Suffolk and Nassau.

NY S09873

Requires SUNY and CUNY trustees to refrain from investing in and subsequently divest from stocks, debt or other securities of certain publicly traded fossil fuel companies.

NY S00738

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.

NY A00923

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.

NY S00073

Relates to rechargeable battery recycling; adds a battery used as the principal electric power source for an electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist to the definition of "rechargeable battery"; provides that a battery manufacturer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute rechargeable batteries in the state unless the battery manufacturer is implementing or participating under an approved plan; allows a city with a population of one million or more to enforce through its own agencies.

NY A01516

Provides for limitations on investments of public pension funds and state contracts; prohibits the investment of the available monies of the common retirement fund in any stocks, securities, equities, assets or other obligations of any corporation or company, or any subsidiary, affiliate or parent of any corporation or company, engaged in the boycott of Israel, including Iran-restricted companies and Sudan-restricted companies; prohibits any firm, partnership or corporation that boycotts Israel, that is an Iran-restricted company or that is a Sudan-restricted company from contracting with the state.

Similar Bills

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