A 6391 — Enacts the "cobalt and lithium mining and production divestment act"
Congress · introduced 2025-03-04
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.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Philip Palmesano (—, NY-132) — sponsor · 2025-03-04
- Joe Angelino (—, NY-121) — cosponsor · 2025-03-04
- Scott H. Bendett (—, NY-107) — cosponsor · 2025-03-04
- Kenneth Blankenbush (—, NY-117) — cosponsor · 2025-03-04
- Joe DeStefano (—, NY-3) — cosponsor · 2025-03-04
- Jeff Gallahan (—, NY-131) — cosponsor · 2025-03-04
- Josh Jensen (—, NY-134) — cosponsor · 2025-03-04
- David McDonough (—, NY-14) — cosponsor · 2025-03-04
- Chris Tague (—, NY-102) — cosponsor · 2025-03-04
Action timeline
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Inbound (9)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-04 | David McDonough | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-04 | Joe Angelino | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-04 | Joe DeStefano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-04 | Jeff Gallahan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-04 | Josh Jensen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-04 | Scott H. Bendett | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-04 | Kenneth Blankenbush | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-04 | Chris Tague | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-03-04 | Philip Palmesano | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
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 | Philip Palmesano (—, state_lower NY-132) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chris Tague (—, state_lower NY-102) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David McDonough (—, state_lower NY-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jeff Gallahan (—, state_lower NY-131) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Joe Angelino (—, state_lower NY-121) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Joe DeStefano (—, state_lower NY-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Josh Jensen (—, state_lower NY-134) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kenneth Blankenbush (—, state_lower NY-117) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Scott H. Bendett (—, state_lower NY-107) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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
Activity
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- 2025-03-04 · cosponsored by Scott H. Bendett (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-04 · cosponsored by Chris Tague (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-04 · sponsored by Philip Palmesano (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-04 · cosponsored by Jeff Gallahan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-04 · cosponsored by Joe DeStefano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-04 · cosponsored by David McDonough (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-04 · cosponsored by Joe Angelino (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-04 · cosponsored by Kenneth Blankenbush (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-03-04 · cosponsored by Josh Jensen (cosponsor) · sponsorship