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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6391: Enacts the "cobalt and lithium mining and production divestment act"

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 6391 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "cobalt and lithium mining and production divestment act". Primary sponsor: Phil Palmesano (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES.

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Official summary

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

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4 · Republican/Conservative 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Phil PalmesanoPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse132
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Ken BlankenbushCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Chris TagueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102

“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 GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
  2. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Sources

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