S 4500 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act

Summary

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.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

S4500A → S4500B · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from S 4500-A to S 4500-B and updated with new sponsors. The most significant substantive change is the broadening of the definition of 'equipment' from 'powered wheelchair' to simply 'wheelchair,' which extends the consumer repair rights and protections to manual wheelchairs in addition to motorized ones.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include manual wheelchairs, whereas it previously only applied to powered wheelchairs.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'equipment' was changed from 'powered wheelchair' to 'wheelchair,' expanding the law's coverage to manual wheelchairs.

ELIGIBILITY

The list of bill sponsors was updated to include new legislators (Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Jackson, Sutton) and removed previous ones (Rhoads, Rolison, C. Ryan, Scarcella-Spanton).

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from 4500-A to 4500-B, and the California reference number was updated from 1129 to 1294.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 12, 2025

How they voted

59–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 63

Jun 12, 2025

D Democratic41

38 Yea 3

92% Yea

R Republican22

21 Yea 1

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 2, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

lower

Jun 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

May 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4500B

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

upper

Jun 12, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

lower

Jun 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Jun 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4500A

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

upper

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors