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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4865: Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 4865 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental. Primary sponsor: Lester Chang (Republican/Conservative). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental; requires insurance coverage of at least one million dollars and an additional one hundred thousand dollars per tenant if tenants reside in such building.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lester ChangPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Alec Brook-KrasnyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse46
Misha NovakhovCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse45

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
  2. REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source