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S04234 Summary:
BILL NO | S04234A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A04055-A |
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SPONSOR | HINCHEY |
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COSPNSR | WEBB |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd 41 & 44, add 41-a, Pub Serv L | |
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Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than two months prior to the mailing of the first bill to the customer; requires utility corporations to provide a two-year history of charges in their bills. |
S04234 Actions:
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02/06/2023 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/26/2023 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/26/2023 | PRINT NUMBER 4234A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2023 | 1ST REPORT CAL.1349 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/24/2023 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/30/2023 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2023 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2023 | substituted for a4055a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/08/2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.689 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2023 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2023 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2023 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/22/2023 | SIGNED CHAP.763 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/22/2023 | APPROVAL MEMO.84 |
S04234 Committee Votes:
Go to topS04234 Floor Votes:
Yes ‡
Alvarez
Yes ‡
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes ‡
Kim
No
Palmesano
Yes
Simpson
Yes ‡
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chang
No
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
No
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Conrad
ER
Gandolfo
Yes ‡
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
Yes
Cunningham
No
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Glick
ER
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bores
ER
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Vanel
ER
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
No
Hawley
Yes
McGowan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walker
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McMahon
ER
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brook-Krasny
No ‡
DiPietro
Yes ‡
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
ER
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brown E
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Miller
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes ‡
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Norris
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
Yes
Novakhov
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
No
Byrnes
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S04234 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4234--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the finality of certain utility charges and the contents of utility bills The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 41 of the public service law, as 2 added by chapter 713 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: 3 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no utility corporation 4 or municipality [may] shall charge a residential customer for gas or 5 electric service which was rendered more than [six] two months prior to 6 the mailing of the first bill to the customer for such service unless 7 the failure of the corporation or municipality to bill sooner was not 8 due to the neglect of the corporation or municipality or was due to the 9 culpable conduct of the customer. If the customer remains liable for 10 such service, the utility shall permit payments to be made under an 11 installment payment plan, provided, however, that the utility or munici- 12 pality may require prompt payment if the non-billing resulted from the 13 culpable conduct of the customer. Any such installment payment plan may 14 provide for a downpayment of up to one-half of the amounts due from the 15 customer, or three months average billing, whichever is less. 16 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 41-a to 17 read as follows: 18 § 41-a. Finality of charges; non-residential customers. Notwithstand- 19 ing any other provision of law, no utility corporation or municipality 20 shall charge a non-residential customer for gas or electric service 21 which was rendered more than two months prior to the mailing of the 22 first bill to the customer for such service unless the failure of the 23 corporation or municipality to bill sooner was not due to the negligence EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04105-05-3S. 4234--A 2 1 or neglect of the corporation or municipality or was due to the culpable 2 conduct of the customer. 3 § 3. Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 7 to read as follows: 5 7. As part of every billing, the utility corporation or municipality 6 shall provide both in graph and written form, for the prior two years of 7 the customer or the prior customers at the same address, the monthly 8 usage of the customer, the monthly unit charges for usage, and the 9 monthly billing charge amount to the customer. This requirement shall 10 apply to both residential and non-residential customers. 11 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 12 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.