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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6569: Enacts the consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights 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 6569 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act. Primary sponsor: Alex Bores (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 29, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 6569B.

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.

Enacts the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act" requiring manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools necessary for repairing equipment; establishes a timely repair for wheelchair program; deems all wheelchair repairs needed within 5 years of initial prescription medically necessary.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alex BoresPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Charles LavineCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“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. PRINT NUMBER 6569B
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
  3. REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
  4. PRINT NUMBER 6569A
  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
  6. REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

Sources

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