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Senate bill · S1330 (2025-26)

Relates to requiring the establishment of automatic payment plans

Latest action Jun 3, 2026

New York State Senate

Same as A168, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Sponsor

Kevin S. Parker

State Senator, District 21 · Democratic/Working Families

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Summary

Relates to requiring the establishment of automatic payment plans; requires utility companies headquartered in New York to establish a statewide program to provide eligible participants with affordable payment plans.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Public Service Law.

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 28, 2026. About our data

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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The purpose of this bill is to require the establishment of automatic payment plans by certain combination utility companies

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Energy · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Energy And Telecommunications · New York State Senate, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

Cosponsors

Andrew Gounardes, Angelo Santabarbara and 3 more on Agora

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The sponsor's argument

Why Kevin S. Parker says this is needed

Affordable payment plans should provide customers with reasonable means,time, and structure to pay their often-high extraordinarily high energy bills, especially during a period of inflation. Payment plans should also be more accessible and available. to more individuals who have demonstrated the need and should not be tools for generational debt. This legislation directs utilities that provide combination services (electric, gas, and steam) to provide a mechanism that will review and submit documentation of qualified customers for enrollment to automated payment plans. As such, customers will be in much better positions to pay their bills and utilities will have less customer accounts past due.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateJun 3, 2026Result: passed

    (60) (1) (0) (2)

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateJan 27, 2025Result: passed

    (59) (1) (0) (3)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Rules

    Senate RulesJan 27, 2025Result: passed

    (20) (0) (0) (1)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Energy And Telecommunications

    Senate Energy And TelecommunicationsJan 21, 2025Result: passed

    (8) (1) (0) (0)

Full history

  1. Jun 3, 2026

    In committee

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    NY Senate

  2. Jun 3, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  3. Jun 3, 2026

    Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1608

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1608

    NY Senate

  4. Jun 3, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  5. Mar 23, 2026

    Amend and Recommit to Energy and Telecommunications

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    NY Senate

Show full history (12 earlier events)
  1. Jan 7, 2026

    Died in Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  2. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    NY Senate

  3. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  4. May 6, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  5. May 2, 2025

    Amend and Recommit to Energy

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY

    NY Assembly

  6. Jan 27, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  7. Jan 27, 2025

    Ordered to Third Reading CAL.144

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.144

    NY Senate

  8. Jan 27, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  9. Jan 27, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENERGY

    NY Assembly

  10. Jan 21, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    NY Senate

  11. Jan 9, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    NY Senate

  12. Jan 8, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ENERGY

    NY Assembly