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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4500: Enacts the consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act

Passed one chamber 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

S 4500 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act. Primary sponsor: Pat Fahy (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 2, 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.

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 4 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pat FahyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Sam SuttonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22

“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. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4500B
  5. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  6. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  7. 1ST REPORT CAL.1294
  8. REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
  9. RETURNED TO SENATE
  10. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  11. REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
  12. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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