Bills & Demands

Our Goals

1. “Priscilla’s Law”: All E-bikes (Citibike & Commercial) and E-scooters require registration and visible plates. (Intro 0606 City bill and A339A/S2599A State bill).

1a. All E-bikes require inspection and insurance (Bill A9114/S9208).

2. All battery and gas-powered motorized vehicles with no plate, forged paper plate or altered plate are confiscated and can only be reclaimed after paying a fine and proof the issue is cured.

3. Parks “pilot” program cancellation: effective immediately. Inclusive of: E-Bikes and all E-mobility vehicles; Motorcycle Mopeds, E-standing scooters; E-skateboards; E-unicycles; Hoverboards and E-pedicabs (Bill 0060-2024).

4. All battery and gas-powered motorized vehicles sold in NYS must be registered before leaving the store or shipped. All sales must prove that customer possesses a valid NYS Driver’s License. (Bill A8450/S7703, PASSED)

5. Increase the penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving two and three-wheeled vehicles, motorized, or unmotorized. (Bill S1246/A9048)

6. Accurate reporting for all E-vehicle and moped crashes. This would require a change in the DMV and police forms used to report accidents to reflect specific type of motorized vehicle. (Bill A 7628/S7610, PASSED)

7. Citibike first time users required to take safety course and pledge to follow the laws on the books.

8. Reverse MTA policy, enacted April 2023, permitting personal electric vehicles on all subways and buses.

City Bills

NYC-EVSA SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING CITY BILLS:

PRISCILLA’S LAW: Intro 0606-2024

This bill would require every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter and other legal motorized vehicle that is not otherwise required to be registered with the DMV, to be registered with DOT and receive an identifying number which would be displayed on a visible plate affixed to the vehicle.

Sponsors: Robert F. Holden, Inna Vernikov, Amanda Farias, Kevin C. Riley, Justin L. Brannan, Eric Dinowitz, Erik D. Bottcher, James F. Gennaro, Julie Menin, Shaun Abreu, Sandra Ung, Linda Lee, Nantasha M. Williams, Mercedes Narcisse, Susan Zhuang, Kamillah Hanks, Joann Ariola, Vickie Paladino, David M. Carr, Kristy Marmorato, Althea Stevens, Oswald Feliz, Darlene Mealy, Francisco P. Moya, Rafael Salamanca Jr., Farah Louis, Chris Banks, Frank Morano

Intro 0060-2024

This bill would prohibit the operation of electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist in any park under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Sponsors: Vicki Paladino, Robert F. Holden, Gale Brewer, Erik Bottcher, Joann Ariola, Althea V. Stevens, Sandra Ung, Kristy Marmorato, Inna Vernikov, Farah N. Louis, Chris Banks, Kamillah Hanks, David M. Carr, Joseph C. Borelli, Nantasha M. Williams, Linda Lee, Mercedes Narcisse, Julie Menin, Lynn Schulman, Frank Morano

State Bills

NYC-EVSA SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING 5 STATE BILLS:

1. Requires all bicycles with electric-assist and electric scooters be registered with the DMV and have a license plate affixed to such bicycle with electric-assist or electric scooter.
A-339A/S-2599 Rajkumar, Addabbo, Weprin, Yeger
(Requires bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to be registered, inspected and insured.)

2. Bicycles with electric-assist and motorized scooters must be registered with the DMV, inspected, and have liability insurance and have a license plate affixed to such device.
A-350/S-2386 Rajkumar, Seawright

3. Increase penalty for leaving the scene of an e-bike or moped accident to the same as an automobile:
S-1246 Krueger, Addabbo
A-9048 Seawright

4. Requires third-party food delivery services to verify that limited use motorcycles operated by workers in the course of making deliveries for such third party delivery services are legally registered:
A-5858 Bores
S-6845 Krueger

5. Requiring mopeds to be registered by buyer at point of sale:
A-8052A Bores, Seawright, Hevesi, Eichenstein, Taylor, Cruz, Levenberg, McMahon, Glick, Fahy, O’Donnell, Benedetto, Zaccaro, Berger, Carroll, Epstein, Weprin, Colton, Chang, Gonzalez-Rojas
S-7860 Krueger, AddabbO

SUPPORTED, PASSED, AND SIGNED INTO LAW IN 2024:

Licensing all moped dealers and requiring that mopeds are registered before leaving the shop:
A-8450 Bores, Simone, Seawright, Weprin, Colton, Epstein, Chang, Berger, Gonzalez-Rojas, Levenberg
S-7703 Hoylman-Sigal, Chu, Kavanagh, Krueger, Salazar

Change in DMV-104 Reporting Form to specify whether certain accidents involved bicycles with electric assist or electric scooters (to improve data):
A-7628 Bores, De Los Santos, Seawright, Zinerman, Ardila, Gonzalez-Rojas, Glick, O’Donnell, Simon, Simone, Chang, Epstein, Levenberg, Lemondes
S-7610 Kennedy, Addabbo, Krueger