S 4500 — Enacts the consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act
NY 2025 session · introduced 2025-02-06
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; extends the warranty period for wheelchairs to 2 years; deems all wheelchair repairs needed within 5 years of initial prescription medically necessary.
Latest action: 2026-05-21 — SENATE_FLOOR
Sponsors (9)
- Patricia Fahy (—, NY-46) — sponsor · 2025-02-06
- Jake Ashby (—, NY-43) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (—, NY-9) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Steve Rhoads (—, NY-5) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Robert Rolison (—, NY-39) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Christopher Ryan (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (—, NY-23) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
- Sam Sutton (—, NY-22) — cosponsor · 2025-02-06
Action timeline (13)
- · senate — REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
- · senate — 1ST REPORT CAL.1129
- · senate — 2ND REPORT CAL.
- · senate — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- · senate — AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4500A
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
- · assembly — DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
- · senate — 1ST REPORT CAL.1294
- · senate — 2ND REPORT CAL.
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9 typed relationships in the influence graph — 9 inbound, 0 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (8)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Steve Rhoads | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Jake Ashby | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Sam Sutton | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Christopher Ryan | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Robert Rolison | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Robert Jackson | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-06 | ← | Patricia Fahy | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Christopher Ryan (—, state_upper NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jake Ashby (—, state_upper NY-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (—, state_upper NY-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (—, state_upper NY-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Robert Rolison (—, state_upper NY-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Sam Sutton (—, state_upper NY-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Steve Rhoads (—, state_upper NY-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · sponsored by Patricia Fahy (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Steve Rhoads (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Sam Sutton (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Robert Rolison (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Christopher Ryan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Jake Ashby (cosponsor) · sponsorship